18.1% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wilson has remained steady, with 18.1% of residents volunteering. This level of participation is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While many locals give their time to others, the area has a notably lower rate of unpaid domestic and childcare work compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of people in Wilson volunteer, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas; for example, 23.1% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the national rate of 26.3%. Similarly, the 16.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most other areas.
10.7% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
About 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Wilson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51617/wilson/topic/community