11.0% ▼ -47.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyndham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyndham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 11% of people volunteer in Wyndham, a figure that sits well below both the state and national averages. This creates a notable gap in community participation compared to most other areas. While basic care duties are common, overall unpaid work and volunteering are much lower here than in the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with only 11% of residents pitching in. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.1% of people providing this support. This is a little below the national figure, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is well below both the state and national averages.
9.1% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.7% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51656/wyndham/topic/community