6.6% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capricorn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Capricorn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Capricorn spend their spare time on unpaid work or community service. Only 6.6% of residents volunteer, which is a much lower figure than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With only 6.6% of people volunteering, Capricorn has one of the lowest rates in the region. This is well below 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 far less common here than in most of the country. Only 6.6% of people care for children unpaid, and there are no residents reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework or providing other unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.6% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the rates seen across Western Australia and the rest of Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Capricorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50253/capricorn/topic/community