18.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karawara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karawara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Karawara volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This community involvement stands out against a lower tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for children or manage heavy housework burdens.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and a little above the Western Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 19.6% of people caring for children and 15.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well below the state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +44.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 1.7%, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Karawara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50724/karawara/topic/community