60.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glencoe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glencoe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An exceptionally high rate of community involvement defines Glencoe, where 60% of people volunteer. This is among the highest levels of participation seen in similar areas, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Six in ten residents volunteer their time, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 35% of people providing this support—far above the 11.9% national figure. This includes 30% of residents caring for children unpaid, though remarkably, 0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
35.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Glencoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50555/glencoe/topic/community