29.3% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cascade · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cascade
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Cascade volunteer their time, a rate far higher than the national figure. This level of community spirit is paired with a high proportion of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of the population pitching in. This is far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 38.7%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 25.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, only 5.3% provide unpaid care for others, which is well below the state and national averages.
5.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 Cascade has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and 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 Cascade [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50272/cascade/topic/community