25.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doodlakine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doodlakine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Doodlakine volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out against much lower rates of unpaid care and housework in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.1% of people providing such care. This is reflected in the low number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.7%) or caring for children unpaid (12.9%).
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.9% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national rates.
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 Doodlakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50421/doodlakine/topic/community