21.6% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alfred Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alfred Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Alfred Cove contribute their time to the community than in most similar areas. Around 21.6% of residents volunteer, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of engagement is matched by a strong proportion of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.6% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for many, as 30.8% of residents care for children, which is much higher than most areas. Other figures are closer to the norm, with 13.2% providing general unpaid care and 21.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
13.2% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.2%
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 Alfred Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50010/alfred-cove/topic/community