12.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6110, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6110, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in postcode 6110 have barely changed since 2011 and remain low. While few people give their time to community groups, more residents here are providing unpaid care for children than in most other Australian areas. This creates a community profile where home-based care is much more common than public volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of people in postcode 6110 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 very common here, with 31.0% of people providing this care, a figure well above the 26.3% national average. In contrast, the 19.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
10.9% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 70% 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 6110, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6110/6110-wa/topic/community