38.0% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karlgarin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karlgarin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Karlgarin volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is reflected in high levels of unpaid care and support within the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 38%, the proportion of volunteers is among the highest for similar areas, sitting far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.7% of people doing so. This includes 29.1% of residents caring for children unpaid and 22.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
17.7% ▲ +95.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Karlgarin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50727/karlgarin/topic/community