11.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Heathridge than in the rest of the state. This is a family-focused area where 32.1% of residents care for children without pay, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, other forms of community work and volunteering are much lower here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon in Heathridge, with only 11.4% of people helping out. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national average—other home duties are less common. Only 10.5% provide general unpaid care, and 19.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than in most areas.
10.5% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
About 2.7% of people in Heathridge have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Heathridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50622/heathridge/topic/community