4.3% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Casuarina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Casuarina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people get involved in community activities in Casuarina than in most similar areas. Only 4.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of low participation extends across volunteering, unpaid care, and former defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 4.3% of people pitching in. This is far below Western Australia's 15.9% and among the lowest rates for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, as only 3.7% of people provide this support. This is well below the national figure, and the rate of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
3.7% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.7% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.1% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is a little below both the state and national figures, which sit at 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
1.7%
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 Casuarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50274/casuarina/topic/community