20.4% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6421, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6421, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 20.4% of people in postcode 6421 volunteer their time. This highlights a strong commitment to community work, even though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2011. It is a place where residents are far more likely to provide unpaid care than people in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 32.8% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing support—well above the national figure. While those caring for children are a little below the Australian average, 29.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is among the highest for areas of this type.
15.3% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 less common here than in most areas. Only 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.2%
Lower than 69% 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 6421, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6421/6421-wa/topic/community