12.2% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Swan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few things have shifted in Swan since 2011, though unpaid housework has fallen while care for others has risen. The area is marked by a very high number of people caring for children, while volunteering remains well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of people in Swan volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This level of participation has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 31.1% of people providing it, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 10.6% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure that has risen since 2011—while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 19.1%.
10.6% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Defence service is less common in Swan than in most other areas, with 2.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58050/swan/topic/community