16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Charley Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Charley Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Charley Creek spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is a strikingly high figure that sits well above both the state and national averages. While the area is sparsely populated, many residents contribute to their community through volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people here are volunteers, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 27.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, though the proportion of those caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 22.0%. Around 11.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 Charley Creek has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Charley Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50286/charley-creek/topic/community