20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jarlmadangah Burru · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jarlmadangah Burru
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute to their community in Jarlmadangah Burru than in most other similar areas. About 21% of residents volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This spirit of contribution is most visible in the high number of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is well 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.
Childcare is a major focus, as 37.5% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%. However, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing other types of unpaid care, figures that are far below the state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
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 Jarlmadangah Burru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50685/jarlmadangah-burru/topic/community