17.2% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamersley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamersley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Hamersley are now stepping up to help others compared to a decade ago. This is seen in the 17.2% of residents who volunteer, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 33.1% of people providing unpaid childcare—a rate well above both the state and national figures. Other unpaid work is less common, as only 12.2% provide general care and 22.2% do 15 or more hours of housework.
12.2% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% having served, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Hamersley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50607/hamersley/topic/community