14.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bushmead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bushmead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bushmead has remained fairly steady over the last decade. While volunteering levels are slightly below the state average, about 14.7% of the population still gives their time to help others. This reflects a community where participation is modest but consistent with national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most other areas, with only 8.4% of people providing care, well below the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a lower rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is also much lower than most areas.
8.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national averages.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bushmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50227/bushmead/topic/community