17.0% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Victoria Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Victoria Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in East Victoria Park provide unpaid care at home compared to the state and national figures. While 17% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Australian average, the area is marked by a much lower rate of unpaid housework and caregiving than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people in East Victoria Park volunteer, a figure that sits around the middle for its level and is a little above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 9.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. This trend extends to housework, where those spending 15 or more hours a week on chores are well below the national figure of 20.7%.
9.6% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 East Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50468/east-victoria-park/topic/community