18.3% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inglewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Inglewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Inglewood volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong leaning toward unpaid work and service, with participation rates that often exceed state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the Western Australian average and well above the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is higher than most areas—only 18.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure much lower than most other places. Meanwhile, 12.2% of the population provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.2% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Inglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50668/inglewood/topic/community