15.6% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edgewater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edgewater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local participation patterns in Edgewater show a strong focus on family life, with 32.6% of people providing unpaid childcare. This figure is well above the national average. While many residents manage heavy home loads, others contribute to the broader community through volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people in Edgewater volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australian average and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with a much higher share of people providing unpaid care for children than most areas. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3%, while those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.3%, which is lower than most areas.
11.3% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia overall.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Edgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50474/edgewater/topic/community