12.7% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Embleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Embleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.7% of people in Embleton volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This suggests a community where residents are less likely to give their spare time to unpaid organised work compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas, sitting at 17.6%.
10.3% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Embleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50484/embleton/topic/community