12.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carey Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carey Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Carey Park engage in volunteering and unpaid care compared to most similar areas. Only 12.6% of the community volunteer their time, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 12.6% of residents pitching in, a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 22.9% of people caring for children, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. This trend continues with housework, as the 19.0% who spend 15 or more hours a week on these chores is much lower than in most areas.
11.6% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
The local area has a higher proportion of veterans than most similar places, with 3.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Carey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50261/carey-park/topic/community