10.8% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alexander Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alexander Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.8% of people in Alexander Heights volunteer, a figure well below the national average. While few residents engage in community volunteering, more than a quarter are involved in caring for children. This creates a community profile where unpaid domestic duties are more common than formal volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with the 10.8% rate sitting well below both the Western Australian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.9% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is higher than in most areas. Conversely, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much less common here than in similar places.
11.5% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
Around 2.2% of people in Alexander Heights have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Alexander Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50008/alexander-heights/topic/community