11.7% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balcatta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balcatta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.7% of people in Balcatta volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work and service across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Balcatta are well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 18.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. Those caring for children unpaid make up 25% of the population, which is well below the state average.
11.4% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Balcatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50053/balcatta/topic/community