13.5% ▲ +24.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Derby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Derby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower levels of unpaid care and volunteering mark the community spirit in Derby. Very few residents provide unpaid housework or childcare compared to other areas, creating a distinct profile of community participation for the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9% of people providing such support. This is consistent with the town having well below the national figures for unpaid childcare (20.1%) and housework (13.7%).
9.0% ▲ +53.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.2% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50405/derby/topic/community