22.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karakin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karakin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Karakin, where 22.8% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.8% of residents helping out. This is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people provide unpaid childcare at 16.4%. Meanwhile, 12.3% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
12.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Karakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50722/karakin/topic/community