42.9% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.8%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arrowsmith East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arrowsmith East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Arrowsmith East than in most similar areas. Roughly 42.9% of residents give their time to a cause, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area's social character.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 42.9% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32.7% caring for children and 30.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. However, the rate of people providing other types of unpaid care is 0.0%, which is far below the state and national figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 0.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Arrowsmith East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50029/arrowsmith-east/topic/community