44.6% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Changerup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Changerup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Changerup than in most similar areas. Nearly 45% of residents give their time to community work, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement stands out across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 44.6% of residents are volunteers, a rate that is among the highest at this level and far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—the rate of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 19.6%. Unpaid care for others is around the middle for its level at 12.5%.
12.5% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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).
More for Changerup
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Changerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50283/changerup/topic/community