33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenoran · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenoran
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of the people in Glenoran now volunteer, showing a much stronger community spirit than in most other areas. This high level of local involvement stands out as the defining feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. However, people providing general unpaid care (10.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.2%) are both a little below the national figures.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
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: 38.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Western Australian and national rates of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Glenoran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50559/glenoran/topic/community