12.4% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6429, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6429, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 4.4% of people in postcode 6429 have served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care are much lower than in most Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and fell by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here; just 6.7% of people provide unpaid care, and only 17.6% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 28.5%. Meanwhile, 16.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
6.7% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
The local rate of Defence Force service is 4.4%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 83% 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 6429, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6429/6429-wa/topic/community