24.3% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Esperance · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Esperance
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the people in Esperance give their time to volunteering, which is far more than the national figure. This strong spirit of helping out defines local life, even though the rate of volunteering has dipped slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas, while those providing other unpaid care are much lower than in most places at 10.3%.
10.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 2.5% of the population having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 66% 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 Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53290/esperance/topic/community