12.4% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Byford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities dominate community life in Byford, where 41.3% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is far above the national figure of 26.3% and marks the area as one of the highest for childcare roles. While many focus on the home, fewer residents engage in formal volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people in Byford volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is the main focus here, with 41.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the Australian average. However, providing general unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 9.7%, and about 21% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
9.7% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.3% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national and state averages.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Byford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50230/byford/topic/community