19.7% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broadwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of unpaid childcare set Broadwood apart from most similar areas. About 41.1% of people here care for children without pay, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is high in this area, especially for the 41.1% who care for children. While 23.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 7.2% who provide other unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
7.2% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.7%, this is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Broadwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50184/broadwood/topic/community