10.8% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anketell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Anketell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 5% of people in Anketell have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. While a significant number of residents provide unpaid care for children, the community sees much lower levels of general volunteering compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.7% of residents providing this care, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.4% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, while the proportion providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 9.9%.
9.9% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
The local population has a strong connection to the military, as 5.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia, which sit at 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Anketell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50019/anketell/topic/community