11.3% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyndham · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wyndham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wyndham (L) involves significantly less unpaid and community work than in other parts of the country. Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, and the number of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in Wyndham (L), falling 7.5 percentage points since 2011 to 11.3%. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has declined across the board, with those doing 15 or more hours of housework falling 22 points since 2011 to 11.7%. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, while unpaid childcare is about the same as the Australian average at 25.9%.
9.9% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -37.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.7% ▼ -65.2%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521052/wyndham/topic/community