22.4% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collingwood Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Collingwood Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 22.4% of people in Collingwood Heights volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong history of service and a significant number of residents providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average. This includes 27.6% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
13.1% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence Force service is much more common here than in most similar areas. Around 4.4% of the population has served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Collingwood Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50312/collingwood-heights/topic/community