24.5% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wembley Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wembley Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Wembley Downs now volunteer their time, a rate that has climbed since 2011. This spirit of contribution is reflected in the high number of residents who help out in their community and support others through unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 35.4% of people caring for children, well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with 23.7% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the national rate.
13.3% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wembley Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51565/wembley-downs/topic/community