17.0% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Capel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Capel do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and service, with rates of care and volunteering slightly higher than national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17% of people in Capel volunteer, which is a little above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.4% of people caring for children and 13.4% providing other unpaid care. Notably, 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.4% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 3% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50251/capel/topic/community