18.4% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carmel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Carmel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Carmel has remained steady, with a strong local spirit seen in the high number of people who give their time. Roughly 18.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Carmel are a little above the Western Australia average, with 18.4% of people helping out in their community.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13% of people providing care and 23.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the state average.
13.0% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
A smaller proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 1.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Carmel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50265/carmel/topic/community