7.7% ▼ -72.4%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangkatjungka · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wangkatjungka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Wangkatjungka (L) and the rest of the country in how people spend their time, with a very high focus on family care. More than half of the residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This stands in contrast to other forms of community work, like volunteering, which have declined sharply here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of people volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and represents a 20 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 56% of people caring for children—far above the Australian average of 26.3%. While 18.5% of people provide general unpaid care, only 1.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure far below the state average.
18.5% ▲ +65.4%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
56.0% ▲ +275.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
1.8% ▼ -93.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Wangkatjungka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522062/wangkatjungka/topic/community