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Karnup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Community Participation in Karnup

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Karnup than in most similar areas. While a small number of residents volunteer, the community has a very high rate of former Defence Force members.

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📍 Karnup, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Karnup sits — Volunteers

11.7% —

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Karnup — lower than 73% of areas.

Karnup11.7%
6176, WA 11.7%
Western Australia 15.9%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 11.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national rate.

Volunteers

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11.7% —

Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

The area sees a huge amount of unpaid childcare, with 38.5% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. This is consistent with a slightly higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, while those providing other unpaid care are a little below the national figure.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.4% of the population, which is well above both the state and national figures of around 2.8%.

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 Karnup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051314/karnup/topic/community