24.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manjimup · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Manjimup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates Manjimup from the national average when it comes to volunteering. This is a highly active community where 24.6% of people volunteer, though this is slightly lower than it was in 2011. The area shows a strong leaning toward community contribution across several different types of unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people (24.6%) volunteer here, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and well above Western Australia's 15.9%. This rate has dipped by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people care for children unpaid (21.5%) compared to most areas, yet those doing 15 or more hours of housework (23.8%) are well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 12.7% of people provide general unpaid care, a figure that rose slightly since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
About 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 55% 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 Manjimup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55180/manjimup/topic/community