12.9% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carabooda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carabooda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Carabooda than in most other areas. While 12.9% of residents give their time to volunteering, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of the community volunteers, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a common unpaid role here, with 28.0% of people caring for children, a figure slightly above the national average. Additionally, 23.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the state figure.
11.6% ▲ +44.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 3.5% of people having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Carabooda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50255/carabooda/topic/community