14.7% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iluka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Iluka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Iluka provide unpaid care for children, with 31% of people doing so. This is well above the national figure of 26.3% and is the most striking feature of how people contribute their time in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14.7% of people helping out. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31% of people provide unpaid childcare, this is much higher than in most areas. In contrast, those providing general unpaid care are much fewer than usual at 9.4%, which is a little below the national rate.
9.4% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
About 2.3% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Iluka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50664/iluka/topic/community