7.0% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dampier Peninsula · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dampier Peninsula
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid home and childcare work has seen a notable shift in the Dampier Peninsula. While formal volunteering is rare, nearly 35% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.0% of the population volunteers, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.6% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the 20.7% seen across Australia. This is consistent with the 34.6% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
11.8% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▲ +111.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 32.6%
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.
Very few people have served in the Defence Force here at 0.8%, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Dampier Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50380/dampier-peninsula/topic/community