25.0% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bridgetown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bridgetown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Bridgetown now volunteer their time, making it a community with an exceptionally high rate of unpaid work. This spirit of contribution is seen across the town, where residents are far more likely to help out in the community or serve in the military than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and far above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 22.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—a much higher 30.3% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Around 12.1% of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.1% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 5.5% of the population having served. This is a little above both the Western Australian (2.9%) and national (2.8%) figures.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Bridgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50180/bridgetown/topic/community