18.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leeming · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Leeming
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Leeming have stepped up to care for children since 2011, while volunteering has dipped slightly. This is a highly active community where 18.5% of people volunteer, a rate well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than most areas, though it fell 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Leeming, as 24.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure, and the number of people caring for children unpaid rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 33.4%.
12.6% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.8%
Higher than 50% 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 Leeming [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507041180/leeming/topic/community