36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hester Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hester Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more than the national figure volunteer their time in Hester Brook, where 36.4% of people help out in their community. This high level of engagement is mirrored in the home, with many residents providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; at 36.4%, the rate is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 43.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with higher rates of people caring for children (36.4%) and providing other unpaid care (14.8%).
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 43.2%
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.
About 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Hester Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50631/hester-brook/topic/community