36.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jacup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jacup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in their community in Jacup than in most similar areas. The most striking figure is that 36.2% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of activity extends to unpaid care and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.2% of people giving their time. This is far above both the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Over half of residents (53.2%) provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. While 17% of people provide other unpaid care—well above most areas—only 14.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure.
17.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Western Australian and national rates of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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).
More for Jacup
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Jacup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50678/jacup/topic/community