23.8% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castletown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castletown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Castletown volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area. Residents are active in their local community, though unpaid care and military service follow more typical patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and much higher than the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most similar areas. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 10.3% providing general unpaid care, a figure slightly below the national average.
10.3% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of the population having served. This is about the same as both the state figure of 2.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Castletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50273/castletown/topic/community