19.4% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karragullen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karragullen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of unpaid work and volunteering define daily life in Karragullen. Around 40% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This spirit of contribution extends to the wider community, with volunteering rates well above those seen across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here. At 19.4%, this is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in the area, with 16.3% of people providing care and 29.2% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national averages, including a very high rate of unpaid childcare at 40.4%.
16.3% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.4% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 higher than usual proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 3.4%, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.4%
Higher 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 Karragullen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50732/karragullen/topic/community