52.8% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6472, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6472, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in postcode 6472 spend their spare time volunteering, which is far more than in other parts of the country. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong culture of unpaid care and domestic work within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 52.8% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, though the rate has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in this area, with 20.5% of people providing care—a figure that rose 16 percentage points since 2011. This sits alongside a very high rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (33.9%) and 29.1% caring for children unpaid.
20.5% ▲ +381.1%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 6472, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6472/6472-wa/topic/community