17.7% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katanning · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Katanning
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people volunteer in Katanning, where 17.7% of residents give their time. While this is well above the national figure, the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care, are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the Australian average. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 21.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 21.1% of people caring for children—well below both state and national figures. Meanwhile, 11.2% provide some form of unpaid care, and 19.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.2% ▲ +69.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 uncommon in the area, with 2.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Katanning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515019/katanning/topic/community