25.9% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deanmill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deanmill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas make Deanmill a standout for community spirit. About 26% of residents give their time to others, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This spirit of service is a key feature of the local population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 10% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. This is alongside a child-care rate of 24.7%, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.0% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the state figure of 2.9%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Deanmill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50399/deanmill/topic/community