20.8% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Binningup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Binningup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines Binningup, where 20.8% of people give their time to help others. This community shows a strong commitment to local activity, far exceeding the figures seen across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% nationally. This level of participation is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.1% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Other care roles are more typical, with 26.2% caring for children unpaid, nearly the same as the Australian average.
11.8% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 for the area, with 2.6% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Binningup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50129/binningup/topic/community