14.9% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ascot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.4% of people in Ascot provide unpaid care, a figure that is lower than most similar areas. While some residents give their time to others, this community generally shows lower levels of unpaid care and housework than both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here, with only 15.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework per week. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, and the number of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50031/ascot/topic/community