15.2% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6000, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6000, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and unpaid care have both risen since 2011 in postcode 6000. While 15.2% of people now volunteer, the area has some of the lowest rates of unpaid childcare and housework in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and is similar to the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere; only 12% of people care for children unpaid, and just 9.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is far below both state and national figures.
5.7% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.0% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.1% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
1.5%
Lower than 84% of postcode 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 6000, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6000/6000-wa/topic/community