18.1% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dardanup West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dardanup West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to the local area is a common part of life in Dardanup West, where 18.1% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents volunteers, which is a little above the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in the 14.6% of people providing unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, though those caring for children unpaid (23.0%) are well below the state average.
14.6% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Dardanup West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50387/dardanup-west/topic/community