23.2% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Donnybrook-Balingup · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Donnybrook-Balingup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Donnybrook-Balingup. About 23.2% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While this is a strong result, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 23.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the state figure and has risen since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of the population having served, compared to 2.8% across Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 69% 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 Donnybrook-Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52870/donnybrook-balingup/topic/community