33.5% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jerramungup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jerramungup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a standout feature of Jerramungup over the last decade. The area is defined by a very high level of volunteerism, with 33.5% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, at 33.5%. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is well above the national figure at 31.6%. While 21.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, the rate of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 8.3%.
8.3% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.5%, this is a little below both the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Jerramungup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50692/jerramungup/topic/community