16.6% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Helena Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Helena Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Helena Valley shows a mix of community roles, with some areas sitting right in the middle of similar places while others stand out. Most notably, a much higher proportion of people provide unpaid childcare compared to most other areas. This suggests a strong focus on family support within the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is around the middle for its level and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major feature here, with 30.7% of people caring for children, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is alongside 23.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little above the national figure.
11.8% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Helena Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50623/helena-valley/topic/community