16.5% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Victoria Park · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Victoria Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Victoria Park spend their spare time on unpaid care or housework compared to other areas. While 16.5% of people volunteer, this is offset by a much lower rate of people providing unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people in Victoria Park volunteer, which is slightly more than the national figure of 14.1% and has risen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 22.8% of people care for children unpaid, and just 15.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the Western Australian and national figures.
9.0% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 small number of people in Victoria Park have served in the Defence Force, with 2.3% of the population having done so.
2.3%
Lower than 71% 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 Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58510/victoria-park/topic/community