33.3% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ajana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ajana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One third of people in Ajana volunteer their time, a figure far higher than most similar areas. This community is very active in providing unpaid support, with a striking number of residents helping out at home and in the wider neighborhood.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 33.3% of people pitching in. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Ajana, where 21.2% of people provide unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 39.4% caring for children and 27.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both far exceeding state and national averages.
21.2% ▲ +105.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 area has served in the Defence Force. This 0.0% rate is a little below the Western Australian and national figures of around 2.9% and 2.8%.
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 Ajana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50005/ajana/topic/community