4.3% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wooroloo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wooroloo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Wooroloo engage in unpaid care or volunteer work compared to similar areas. Only 4.3% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of low community participation extends across childcare, housework, and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest at this level, with only 4.3% of people helping out. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 2.9% of people provide unpaid care, and just 6.5% look after children unpaid. Similarly, the 6.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far below the national figure of 20.7%.
2.9% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.5% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.6% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 also lower than most areas. Only 0.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Wooroloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51646/wooroloo/topic/community