45.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broomehill East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broomehill East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Broomehill East volunteer, placing the area among the highest for community involvement in the country. This strong spirit of service is reflected in high rates of unpaid care and a larger-than-usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 45.9% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 20% of people providing care and 31.8% looking after children, both of which are well above state and national figures. Another 24.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
20.0% ▲ +130.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 5.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Broomehill East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50191/broomehill-east/topic/community