20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blythewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blythewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Blythewood get involved in their community than in most similar areas. Around 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the state and national figures. This spirit of participation is mirrored in a very high number of former Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and 6.2 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—very few provide other types of care. Only 13.0% care for children unpaid, which is far below the state and national averages.
8.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 7.4%, this is among the highest levels for areas like this and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Blythewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50133/blythewood/topic/community