12.1% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6436, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6436, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in postcode 6436 provide unpaid care or volunteer compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.4% of residents care for children unpaid, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 28.5%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in the area have fallen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011. Now, only 12.1% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Just 10% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far below the national average. While those caring for children have decreased, the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care rose to 10.7% since 2011.
10.7% ▲ +158.9%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.4% ▼ -56.2%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state 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 6436, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6436/6436-wa/topic/community