11.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Ashby has shifted over the years, though it remains lower than in many other parts of the state. While only 11.9% of people volunteer, a high 30.4% of residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people in Ashby volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 30.4% of residents helping out—a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.5%.
8.5% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Ashby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50032/ashby/topic/community