17.0% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chittering · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Chittering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have been volunteering and doing unpaid housework in Chittering since 2011. While 17.0% of the community still give their time to volunteer, this is down from 21.4% a decade ago. Despite these drops, the area remains more active in volunteering and housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.0% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a drop of 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher share of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 11.3% provide unpaid care—about the same as the rest of Australia—and 27.1% care for children unpaid.
11.3% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 Force veterans are much more common here than in most areas. At 4.4%, the proportion of people who served is a little above the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
4.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021236/chittering/topic/community