24.5% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Channybearup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Channybearup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines Channybearup. Nearly a quarter of the population gives their time to help others, marking it as a community with much stronger participation than most areas in the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above Western Australia's 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state, 17.3% of residents provide other unpaid care. This is much higher than most areas, alongside a higher-than-usual 26.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework.
17.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Channybearup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50284/channybearup/topic/community