30.3% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acton Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acton Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has become a standout feature of life in Acton Park, where 30.3% of people give their time to others. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 34.2% of people providing this care, well above the national figure. However, the 7.9% of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
7.9% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Acton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50003/acton-park/topic/community