20.3% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willetton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willetton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of daily life in Willetton, where over 20% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The community is also very active in supporting families, with a high number of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas. About 20.3% of residents give their time to a cause, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus in the area, with 35.0% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. More people also spend 15 or more hours a week on housework compared to the rest of the state, while 11.7% provide other types of unpaid care.
11.7% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 2.0%, this is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Willetton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51612/willetton/topic/community