11.1% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wundowie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wundowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Wundowie shows a mixed level of community involvement, standing out most for its high rate of military service. While a striking 4.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, only 11.1% of the population volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common here than in most areas, with 22.9% of people providing this care. However, the 24.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is well above both the state and national figures.
11.5% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 much more common in Wundowie than in most similar areas, with 4.3% of people having served, a little above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Wundowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51651/wundowie/topic/community