22.5% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Big Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Big Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, Big Grove is a place where 22.5% of residents give their time to help others. This strong community spirit stands out against both state and national figures. However, the area has a much lower rate of people caring for children compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.5% of people in Big Grove volunteer, which is well above the Western Australia figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 15.7% care for children unpaid, which is far below the state and national averages.
9.8% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.7% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.0%, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Big Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50121/big-grove/topic/community