25.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6282, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6282, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A decline in volunteerism and childcare roles has shifted community life in postcode 6282 since 2011. Despite these drops, 25.4% of the population still volunteers, a figure far above the national average. Local residents are also much more likely than most people across Australia to spend significant time on unpaid home and family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.4% of people in postcode 6282 volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This is much higher than most areas, though the rate has fallen 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is very common here, with 31.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the national figure. While 29.6% provide unpaid childcare—well above the Australian average—the rate of people providing other types of unpaid care is a little below the national level at 10.4%.
10.4% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in this area, with 2.0% of people having served. This is much lower than most other areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 74% 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 6282, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6282/6282-wa/topic/community