22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Babakin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Babakin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than most similar areas defines Babakin, where 22.2% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above both the state and national figures. Other forms of unpaid work and service are generally less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very strong in Babakin, with 22.2% of people participating. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure about the same as the national average—other care roles are rare. Only 6.7% provide unpaid care or do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national levels.
6.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.7% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
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.
No one in Babakin has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
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 Babakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50043/babakin/topic/community