9.4% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Girrawheen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Girrawheen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 10% of people in Girrawheen volunteer their time, which is a much lower rate than in most other areas. This suggests a community where fewer residents are involved in formal unpaid activities compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, with only 16.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to childcare, where 24.5% of people provide unpaid care, a rate well below the state average of 28.5%.
10.7% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
About 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Girrawheen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50550/girrawheen/topic/community