14.6% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Wakefield · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Port Wakefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Port Wakefield (L) provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, the local rate of volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and down 8.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most other areas, at 17.2%. Similarly, the 10.7% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than the usual figure for similar places.
10.7% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.8% of residents having served.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Port Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421032/port-wakefield/topic/community