44.8% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dartnall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dartnall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 45% of people in Dartnall volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. While many residents give their time to others, very few have served in the defence force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 44.8% of residents helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a mixed picture: while 24.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care—far above the national figure of 11.9%—very few spend significant time on housework or childcare. Only 10.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
24.1% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Dartnall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50393/dartnall/topic/community