25.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dewars Pool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dewars Pool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid work set Dewars Pool apart from most similar areas. One in four residents gives their time to volunteer, and the community shows a strong commitment to unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.4% of people pitching in. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the Western Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Dewars Pool, where 36.6% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly—a figure far above the national average. While 15.5% provide general unpaid care, the proportion caring for children is 21.1%, which is well below the national figure.
15.5% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas. About 8.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.7%
Higher than 93% 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 Dewars Pool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50407/dewars-pool/topic/community