22.4% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenbushes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenbushes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five residents in Greenbushes volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid support and service, from volunteering to caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.4% of people helping out. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 30.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the state figure. Similarly, 17.5% provide unpaid care, well above the 11.9% national average, though child care at 25.3% is slightly below the Australian rate.
17.5% ▲ +48.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.1% of people having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Greenbushes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50582/greenbushes/topic/community