12.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Courtenay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Courtenay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Courtenay, where only 12.2% of people now volunteer. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits well below the Western Australian figure. It paints a picture of a place with lower levels of formal community contribution compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and well below the Western Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the national average at 12.2%, while the 20.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is about the same as the typical Australian home.
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 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.
No one in Courtenay has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Courtenay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50344/courtenay/topic/community