26.2% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kangaroo Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kangaroo Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26.2% of people in Kangaroo Gully volunteer, which is far above the national rate. This strong drive to help others defines the community's participation, although local patterns of unpaid care differ from the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 12 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 23.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—a much higher 33.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Meanwhile, 9.7% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the figures for the state and country.
9.7% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 57% 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 Kangaroo Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50719/kangaroo-gully/topic/community