24.3% ▼ -33.7%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quairading · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Quairading
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Quairading than in most similar areas, with 24.3% of the community giving their time. While this is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%, the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in four people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this has dropped by 12 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 17% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the state average of 28.5%. Other unpaid care is also less common here, with 9.9% of people providing care, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 73% 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 Quairading [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57350/quairading/topic/community