0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6712, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6712, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has dropped sharply in postcode 6712, with several key activity rates falling to 0.0% by 2021. This represents a significant shift from previous years, leaving the area far below state and national figures for volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Not a single person in the area reported volunteering in 2021, a figure that is far below the national rate of 14.1% and has fallen 7.0 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework have also disappeared from the data, with 0.0% of people caring for children, providing general care, or doing significant housework. These figures are far below the Western Australian average and have all fallen since 2016.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Defence service is also rare here, with 0.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 6712, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6712/6712-wa/topic/community