22.6% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Churchlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Churchlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 22.6% of people in Churchlands volunteer their time. This community is notably more active in giving back than most other areas in Western Australia and across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.1% of people providing this care, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide other types of unpaid care, and 20.4% do 15 or more hours of housework each week, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.5% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the 2.9% in Western Australia and 2.8% across Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Churchlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50293/churchlands/topic/community