30.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cunderdin · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Cunderdin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 31% of people in Cunderdin volunteer, a rate far above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. This high level of community involvement sits alongside a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.7% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national average. However, this figure has fallen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 24.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. While those caring for children unpaid have risen to 29.0%, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the national average at 10.3%.
10.3% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.8%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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 Cunderdin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52450/cunderdin/topic/community