18.6% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6705, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6705, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than average rates of unpaid child care define the community spirit in postcode 6705. While many residents contribute to the area through volunteering, the most striking feature is that a far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care for children compared to the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, and the number of volunteers has risen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very high at 36.4%, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 11.6% providing general unpaid care and 20.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.6% ▲ +136.4%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +27.7%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Defence service is very rare in this area, with 0.0% of people having served. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
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 6705, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6705/6705-wa/topic/community