20.6% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allanson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Allanson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, Allanson is a place where people give a lot of their own time to help others. About 20.6% of residents volunteer, while a high proportion of the population also provides unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people pitching in, which is well 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 frequent in Allanson, with 31.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a higher-than-usual 14.1% who provide unpaid care and 28.6% who care for children unpaid.
14.1% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Allanson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50013/allanson/topic/community