0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamelin Pool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamelin Pool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Gaps between local figures and national averages are stark in Hamelin Pool, where very few residents engage in unpaid care or volunteering. The area is sparsely populated, and participation in community service is much lower than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Hamelin Pool reports volunteering, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with 0.0% providing care and only 18.2% caring for children, which is far below the state and national averages. However, 22.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, slightly above the 20.1% seen across Western Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 also rare in the area, with 0.0% of residents having served, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Hamelin Pool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50606/hamelin-pool/topic/community