28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collie Burn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Collie Burn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Collie Burn compared to most similar areas. Nearly 29% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of activity extends to home and family care as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of people giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, as 20.4% of residents provide this support—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 34.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas.
20.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates of around 2.8%.
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 Collie Burn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50311/collie-burn/topic/community