28.7% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilyabrup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilyabrup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of residents in Wilyabrup now volunteer, marking a significant community spirit. This area shows much higher levels of local engagement and unpaid home support compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.7% of people helping out, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 31.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours on housework and 31.8% care for children. However, the 7.6% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
7.6% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
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.
Defence service is more common in Wilyabrup than in most areas, with 5.6% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Wilyabrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51619/wilyabrup/topic/community