24.2% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Abbey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Abbey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Abbey volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This strong level of community involvement is matched by a high number of residents who provide unpaid care and housework for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and far above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid help is very common here, with 33.4% of people caring for children and 29.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are much higher than most areas. This extends to general unpaid care, with 14.3% of the population helping others, well above the state figure.
14.3% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Abbey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50002/abbey/topic/community