21.6% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perthville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Perthville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Perthville give their time to others compared to the national average. This is a community where volunteering and unpaid care are much more common than in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.6% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 32.7% of people care for children unpaid—well above the national 26.3%. This trend extends to other chores, with 27.2% doing over 15 hours of housework and 16.1% providing unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas.
16.1% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 service is less common here than in similar areas, with 2.0% of people having served, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality 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 Perthville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13201/perthville/topic/community