20.0% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Donnybrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Donnybrook, where 20% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, reflecting a community that is more active in local service than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents volunteers their time, a figure well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is a little below the national figure at 24.9%, a much higher share of people do 15 or more hours of housework each week compared to the rest of the state.
11.7% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50419/donnybrook/topic/community