29.3% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cuthbert · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cuthbert
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Cuthbert volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community activity stands out in a place where residents are also more likely to have served in the Defence Force than those in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 19.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, 26.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the state average.
12.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
A high 7.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% typical for Australia and 2.9% for Western Australia.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Cuthbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50368/cuthbert/topic/community