13.6% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Joondalup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Joondalup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Joondalup spend their spare time on unpaid care or housework compared to other Australian areas. Only 9% provide unpaid care, and a small number of residents volunteer their time. This suggests a local lifestyle where fewer people are tied to these specific home and community roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. About 13.6% of people volunteer, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work at home is much less frequent than usual, with only 15.8% of people spending 15 or more hours on housework. This trend extends to childcare, where the 22.7% rate is well below both the state and national figures.
9.0% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Joondalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50701/joondalup/topic/community