21.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jolimont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jolimont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong volunteering spirit defines Jolimont, where 21.8% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure and the state average, marking it as one of the most active areas for community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, a rate that is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% for the rest of the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 19.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the 26.3% national average, and only 17.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
9.1% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
About 4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Jolimont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50700/jolimont/topic/community