13.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Furnissdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Furnissdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Furnissdale involves a high level of military service and varied care roles. The area is most notable for its strong veteran presence, with 5.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people care for children unpaid here than in most areas, at 17.0% compared to the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a lower proportion of people spending 15 or more hours on housework, while 13.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
13.5% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Furnissdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50523/furnissdale/topic/community