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Widgiemooltha · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Widgiemooltha

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Community involvement in Widgiemooltha has seen a shift over the last decade, with a very high proportion of veterans now living here. While 9.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, other forms of local volunteering and care are almost non-existent.

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📍 Widgiemooltha, Suburb / Locality

Where Widgiemooltha sits — Volunteers

0.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Widgiemooltha — lower than 99% of areas.

Widgiemooltha0.0%
6443, WA 10.4%
Western Australia 15.9%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

No one in Widgiemooltha reported volunteering, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

There is almost no unpaid care work in the area. This is far below state and national figures for those caring for children, doing housework, or providing general unpaid care.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

A high number of residents have a military background, with 9.4% having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.

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 Widgiemooltha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51602/widgiemooltha/topic/community