18.9% ▼ -42.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6488, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6488, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 19% of people in postcode 6488 volunteer, a figure that puts the area around the middle for similar places. While volunteering is well above the national average, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework than most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in the area are well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, though the 18.9% who volunteer is a drop of 14 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.8% of people providing such care. This is consistent with very low rates of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.2%) and those caring for children unpaid (16.9%), both of which are well below national figures.
8.8% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -47.8%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas, with 4.2% having served compared to the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 79% 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 6488, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6488/6488-wa/topic/community