13.0% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Armadale · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Armadale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Armadale have taken on unpaid childcare roles since 2011, though formal volunteering has dropped. This shift is most obvious in the 33.4% of residents who provide unpaid child care, a figure that is well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011 to 13.0%. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.4% of people helping out—well above the 26.3% national figure. While 10.9% of residents provide other unpaid care and 21.0% do over 15 hours of housework, these figures are about the same as the state average.
10.9% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
About 2.4% of people in Armadale have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Armadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50601/armadale/topic/community