19.8% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Five percent of residents have served in the Defence Force, making Hamel a place with a much higher rate of veterans than most similar areas. Community spirit is also strong here, with nearly 20% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Hamel, where 19.8% of people give their time. This is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is quite common at 29.1%, slightly above the national figure. While 23.2% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, the rate of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 9.3%.
9.3% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is a notable feature of the area, with 5.2% of residents having served. This is a little above the state and national figures of around 2.9% and 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Hamel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50604/hamel/topic/community