13.0% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Currambine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Currambine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Currambine provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent here than in other parts of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 29.1%, but other unpaid work is rare. Only 9.3% of people provide general unpaid care, and 19.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are much lower than in most areas.
9.3% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
Defence service is common for this area's level, with 2.1% of people having served, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Currambine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50367/currambine/topic/community