12.4% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caversham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caversham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Caversham than in most other areas, with 36.6% of residents doing so. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent here. This includes lower rates of volunteering and defence service compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people in Caversham volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 36.6% of people caring for children—a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care (9.8%) or spending 15 or more hours on housework (19.0%) are much lower than in most areas.
9.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 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.
Defence service is less common in Caversham, where 1.8% of people have served. This is a little below both the Western Australian (2.9%) and national (2.8%) figures.
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 Caversham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50277/caversham/topic/community