23.9% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Subiaco · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Subiaco
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of residents in Subiaco volunteer their time, making it a community where giving back is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of local engagement is paired with a significant number of people managing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the national rate of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More than a quarter of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas and has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other places at 18.7%.
11.2% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.8%
Lower than 56% 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 Subiaco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57980/subiaco/topic/community