12.0% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6229, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6229, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 12.6% of people in postcode 6229 provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. This small gap is part of a broader trend where unpaid housework and volunteering have dropped, even as the number of people providing other types of unpaid care has climbed.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 7.3 percentage points since 2011 to 12.0%. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, rising to 15.0%. However, the proportion of people doing unpaid housework fell to 18.6%, and those caring for children dropped 19 points since 2011 to a very low 12.6%.
15.0% ▲ +68.4%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.6% ▼ -60.4%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 52% 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).
More for 6229, WA
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in 6229, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6229/6229-wa/topic/community