30.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Frankland River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Frankland River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Three in ten people volunteer in Frankland River, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, even though unpaid care roles are less common than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.0% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national average and the 15.9% figure for Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas, at just 7.1%, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Around 24.6% of people care for children unpaid, while 22.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
7.1% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Frankland River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50520/frankland-river/topic/community