23.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birchmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birchmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 31.9% of people in Birchmont do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework every week. This reflects a community where residents are far more likely to help out at home and volunteer than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.5% of people provide unpaid care, only 20.8% look after children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, the rate of those doing significant unpaid housework is far above the Australian average.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 very common in Birchmont, with 8.8% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Birchmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50131/birchmont/topic/community