18.9% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6448, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6448, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, postcode 6448 sees 18.9% of its people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though the local volunteering rate has fallen from 22.7% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This participation rate has dropped by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little below the national figure at 24.0%, while 22.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas, though it rose to 9.6% since 2011.
9.6% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Only 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the state's 2.9%.
1.6%
Lower than 82% 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 6448, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6448/6448-wa/topic/community