12.7% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
College Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in College Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well below the state average for volunteering and care work is College Grove, where community involvement is lower than in most similar areas. Only 12.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that sits significantly lower than the Western Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the state's 15.9% rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than elsewhere, with only 8.1% of people providing unpaid care and 16.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. This is well below the national figure for housework, which is 20.7%.
8.1% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.7%, which is a little below both the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 College Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50309/college-grove/topic/community