28.5% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cranbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cranbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Cranbrook volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most similar areas. While many residents give their time to others, those doing so are less likely to be caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.5% of residents helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.5% providing care and 26.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework. However, the 23.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state figure of 28.5%.
14.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Cranbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50352/cranbrook/topic/community