20.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Geographe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Geographe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 20% of people in Geographe volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong presence of former Defence Force members. Most residents are active in their community through unpaid work or service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people volunteer here, a result that is well above both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national figures at 22%. Meanwhile, 11.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 4.5% of people having served, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Geographe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50534/geographe/topic/community