25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capel River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Capel River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high rate of volunteering sets Capel River apart from most similar areas. One in four residents gives their time to help others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people helping out, which is 11 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 11.2% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate lower than most areas and roughly the same as the state and national figures. Unpaid childcare is also a little below the Australian average at 25%.
11.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50252/capel-river/topic/community