25.7% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bickley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bickley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Bickley volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give their time than those in other areas. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.7% of people pitching in. This is well above the Western Australia figure of 15.9% and far above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life for many, with 28.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with higher rates of people caring for children (30%) and providing general unpaid care (14.5%) compared to most of the country.
14.5% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Bickley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50118/bickley/topic/community