12.1% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tapping - Ashby - Sinagra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Tapping - Ashby - Sinagra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are performing unpaid housework and childcare in Tapping - Ashby - Sinagra than they were in 2011. While 34.3% of residents still provide unpaid childcare—a figure well above the national average—this reflects a drop of 4.7 percentage points over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This level of community involvement has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is 19.5%, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, 9.2% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate that is much lower than most areas despite rising slightly since 2011.
9.2% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Tapping - Ashby - Sinagra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031107/tapping-ashby-sinagra/topic/community