35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gabbin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gabbin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Gabbin volunteer, a rate far higher than the national figure. This community is defined by high levels of unpaid support and service, though almost no one here has served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Gabbin, with 35.9% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much higher than most areas, with 15.4% of people providing support. While 28.2% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state, only 17.9% do 15 or more hours of housework—a figure much lower than most areas.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 rare here, as 0.0% of people have served. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50526/gabbin/topic/community