29.6% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cervantes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cervantes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Cervantes volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though it has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare than the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.6% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 18.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the Australian figure—about 30.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national average. Unpaid care for others is provided by 10.1% of residents, which is a little below the national rate.
10.1% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
A total of 4.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Cervantes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50279/cervantes/topic/community