21.4% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bindoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bindoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of residents in Bindoon volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is paired with a significant number of people performing unpaid housework and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of people helping out, which is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 20.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national average of 26.3%—a much higher 29.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. Unpaid care for others involves 12.9% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
12.9% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 6.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the national rate of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Bindoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50126/bindoon/topic/community