35.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jackitup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jackitup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Jackitup give their time to volunteering, a rate far higher than the national figure. This strong spirit of community service defines local life, though few residents have a history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.6% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average. However, only 6.7% provide other unpaid care and just 8.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
6.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Jackitup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50677/jackitup/topic/community