8.4% —
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyndham Harbour · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wyndham Harbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering defines recent community life in Wyndham Harbour, where only 8.4% of people now give their time to causes. This represents a significant shift from just a few years ago and leaves the area with much lower participation rates than the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has plummeted by 20 percentage points since 2016 to just 8.4%. This is now among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 9.4% of people providing such support. This follows a downward trend across the board, including those doing 15 or more hours of housework, which fell to 13.0%.
9.4% —
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% —
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.4% having done so. This is among the lowest levels for similar areas and is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre 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 Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221082/wyndham-harbour/topic/community