22.8% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elleker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elleker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time to others in Elleker than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteers, and residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.8% of people in Elleker volunteer, a figure that is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with 14.2% of people providing some form of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
14.2% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 3.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a proportion that is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Elleker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50481/elleker/topic/community