16.9% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chittering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chittering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 4.6% of people in Chittering have served in the Defence Force. This community shows strong levels of unpaid commitment, particularly with housework and childcare. While volunteering is common, the local focus is heavily geared towards home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Similarly, 27.6% provide unpaid childcare, while 10.4% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
10.4% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.6%, which is a little above both the Western Australian 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 Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50291/chittering/topic/community