16.4% ▲ +446.4%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6165, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6165, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A modest 16.4% of people in postcode 6165 volunteer, placing the area around the middle for similar places. While volunteerism has grown significantly over the last decade, the area has far fewer people providing unpaid childcare or housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has jumped 13 points since 2011 to reach 16.4%. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.8% of people caring for children and 9.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are far below the national average and have both fallen since 2011, though the 6.6% of people providing other unpaid care rose slightly over the same period.
6.6% ▲ +120.8%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.8% ▼ -53.2%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.8% ▼ -58.2%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Western Australian and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 6165, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6165/6165-wa/topic/community