11.5% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wundowie · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wundowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people engage in unpaid community work in Wundowie than in most similar areas. Only 11.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and sits well below the Western Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 11.5% of people helping out. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is well below the state average—those doing 15 or more hours of housework have risen to 22.2% since 2011. Unpaid care for others is lower than in most areas at 11.6%.
11.6% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▲ +73.1%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
About 3.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Wundowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521051/wundowie/topic/community