17.9% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baskerville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baskerville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.9% of people in Baskerville give their time to volunteering. This community spirit is also seen in the home, where people are far more likely to spend significant time on housework than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 17.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—a figure well above the national average—those caring for children unpaid (24.1%) are a little below the typical Australian rate.
10.9% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Baskerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50077/baskerville/topic/community