6.6% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wiluna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wiluna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people take on unpaid roles in Wiluna compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure, and rates of unpaid caregiving are also far lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.6% of people in Wiluna volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here, with only 5.3% providing unpaid care and 14.9% caring for children. This is far below the Western Australian figure for child care, which is 28.5%.
5.3% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.4% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for Western Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51618/wiluna/topic/community