15.8% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Atwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Atwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 35% of people in Atwell provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of childcare is the most prominent feature of community life here, while other forms of volunteering and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australian figure and a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is 34.8%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are about the same as the state and national averages.
10.5% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 common for the area's level, with 2.4% of people having served. This is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower 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 Atwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50036/atwell/topic/community