16.3% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perth · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Perth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Perth give their time to help others than in most areas, with 16.3% of residents volunteering. However, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state and country. This creates a community profile where formal volunteering is common, but home-based care roles are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen to 16.3% since 2011, a figure that is a little above the national average of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care for children (23.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.1%) are both well below the state and national figures. These roles have fallen since 2011, while the 10% of people providing other unpaid care has barely changed.
10.0% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 65% of federal electorate 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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED513/perth/topic/community