13.2% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mandurah · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Mandurah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around 25.6% of people in Mandurah provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, the area has a notably high number of former Defence Force members compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is a little more common here than the national figure, with 23.0% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. Meanwhile, 11.5% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Mandurah have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served.
4.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55110/mandurah/topic/community