27.7% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Argyle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Argyle than in most similar areas. Nearly 28% of residents give their time to others, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of people helping out, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 24.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—a little below the national figure—a much higher share than usual, 31.6%, spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
12.4% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.6%
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 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50025/argyle/topic/community