12.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenfields · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenfields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 5% of people in Greenfields have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most other areas. While veterans are well represented, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is less common here at 23.1%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, more people provide other forms of unpaid care (13.2%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (22.9%) compared to the state and national averages.
13.2% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.9%, which is a little above both the Western Australian and Australian figures.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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).
More for Greenfields
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Greenfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50583/greenfields/topic/community