9.3% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Halls Creek · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Halls Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Looking after family and others is a major part of daily life in Halls Creek, where 16.1% of people provide unpaid care. While these care roles are very common, formal volunteering has fallen and is now much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are very common here, with 36.6% of people looking after children unpaid, far above the own national figure of 26.3%. Around 16.1% provide other unpaid care, though only 17.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
16.1% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▲ +55.5%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
Just 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Western Australian average of 2.9%.
1.0%
Lower than 96% 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 Halls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53920/halls-creek/topic/community