4.2% ▼ -79.5%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garden Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garden Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Garden Island have served in the Defence Force, a figure far above the rest of the country. This strong military presence is matched by very low levels of traditional community volunteering and unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.2% of people here volunteer, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 0.8% of residents provide unpaid care, while just 1.2% care for children unpaid—both figures are far below the national average.
0.8% ▼ -60.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
1.2% ▼ -45.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
1.0% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 a defining feature of the area, with 46.6% of people having served, which is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
46.6%
Higher 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 Garden Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50529/garden-island/topic/community