23.8% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilberforce · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilberforce
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates have stayed strong in Wilberforce, where nearly a quarter of residents give their time to help others. This community spirit is a standout feature, with local participation levels sitting well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure slightly above the national rate—no one in the area reports providing other unpaid care or spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 2.8% national average.
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 Wilberforce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51604/wilberforce/topic/community