12.9% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6057, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6057, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have remained steady since 2011 in postcode 6057, where 12.9% of people give their time. While community volunteering is low, unpaid care for children is a much more common activity here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This level of participation has barely changed over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.0% of people providing this care—a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.0% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a figure that has risen since 2011.
12.0% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 56% 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 6057, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6057/6057-wa/topic/community