27.4% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gracetown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gracetown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of the people in Gracetown volunteer, which is a far higher rate than the national figure. This community spirit stands out in an area where unpaid childcare and housework are much less common than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Western Australian (15.9%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 21.4%. While housework rates are about the same as the rest of the country, a little more people provide some form of unpaid care here than is typical for Australia.
12.9% ▲ +114.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates of around 2.8%.
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 Gracetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50575/gracetown/topic/community