10.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6036, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6036, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in postcode 6036 than in other parts of the country. While only 10.1% of the community give their time to volunteer work, a high proportion of residents are heavily involved in looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and Australia. This is a downward trend, as the share of volunteers fell 1.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 32.9% of people doing so unpaid, a figure well above the national average. However, other forms of unpaid work are less common, as fewer people provide general unpaid care or do over 15 hours of housework compared to most areas.
8.5% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
About 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
1.9%
Lower than 75% 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 6036, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6036/6036-wa/topic/community