15.4% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Centennial Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Centennial Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, 4.4% of people in Centennial Park have served in the Defence Force. While some residents contribute to the community through volunteering, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid childcare here, at just 14.3%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a little above the state average.
12.8% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.4%. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Centennial Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50278/centennial-park/topic/community