15.0% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gabbadah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gabbadah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform heavy unpaid work in Gabbadah than in most other areas. While volunteering rates are typical, the community stands out for its high levels of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here volunteer, which is a similar rate to both Western Australia and the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, with 30.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the state and national figures. This is consistent with more people providing general unpaid care (14.2%) than usual, though far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare (22.8%) compared to the rest of the country.
14.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 5.4% of the population having served, which is a little above the national figure.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Gabbadah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50525/gabbadah/topic/community