55.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wialki · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wialki
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Wialki volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the high rates of unpaid care and housework that residents take on compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 55.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents manage heavy unpaid loads, with 66.7% caring for children and 44.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being far above the state and national averages. However, the 11.1% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the national figure of 11.9%.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
66.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Wialki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51597/wialki/topic/community