15.6% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bilingurr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bilingurr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid childcare in Bilingurr than in the rest of the country. While 33.7% of residents care for children unpaid, other forms of community support are less common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with unpaid care for children well above the national figure. In contrast, the number of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
7.4% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 3.0%, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Bilingurr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50123/bilingurr/topic/community