7.0% ▼ -56.7%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wiluna · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wiluna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7% of people in Wiluna (L) volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care and housework, though a small number of former Defence Force members live here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Wiluna (L) has fallen sharply since 2011, dropping 9.2 percentage points to just 7%. This is well below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 15.5% of people caring for children and 8.5% providing other unpaid care. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week fell to 5%, a figure far below the national average.
8.5% ▲ —
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.0% ▼ -68.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 slightly higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to the state and nation, with 5.1% of residents having served.
5.1%
Higher 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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522067/wiluna/topic/community