11.5% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6640, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6640, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in postcode 6640 engage in unpaid care or volunteering compared to similar areas. While the region has a high rate of former Defence Force members, there has been a notable decline in local community volunteering and unpaid domestic work over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 11.5% since 2011, a figure that is now well below the Western Australian average of 15.9%. This rate is much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with only 4.8% of people caring for children and 2.4% providing general unpaid care. Both figures are far below the state and national levels and have fallen since 2011, alongside a drop in those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
2.4% ▼ -58.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
4.8% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.0% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
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.
A little more than twice the national average of people have served in the Defence Force here, with 5.6% of residents having served. This is among the highest rates for any area at this level.
5.6%
Higher than 91% 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 6640, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6640/6640-wa/topic/community