26.8% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyalkatchem · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyalkatchem
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26.8% of people volunteer in Wyalkatchem, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where residents are also more likely to have served in the Defence Force than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here provide unpaid childcare, at 14%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.0% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Wyalkatchem than in similar areas, with 5.4% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.8% typical across Australia.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Wyalkatchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51654/wyalkatchem/topic/community