7.4% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karloo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karloo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Karloo contribute their time to unpaid work or volunteering compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.4% of people volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This lack of community involvement extends into the home, where rates of unpaid care are far lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Karloo are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at just 7.4%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 16.1% of people caring for children and 13.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Only 9.3% of residents provide any form of unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure of 11.9%.
9.3% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.1% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 3.0% of people in Karloo have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Karloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50730/karloo/topic/community