20.1% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fremantle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fremantle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Fremantle than in most similar areas, with 20.1% of residents giving their time to others. This community engagement is significantly higher than both the state and national figures. While local participation in volunteering is strong, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid housework and childcare compared to the wider population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.1% of people in Fremantle volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 20.5%, and only 15.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much lower than most areas. General unpaid care is provided by 11.3% of residents, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
11.3% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 common for its level, with 3.2% of the population having served, a figure about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.2%
Higher 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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50522/fremantle/topic/community