0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karrakatta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karrakatta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Karrakatta than in most similar areas, with 0.0% of residents doing so. While community volunteering is very low, the area has a remarkably high proportion of residents providing unpaid care and former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No residents in Karrakatta reported volunteering, a figure that is far below 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 for children and housework is almost non-existent at 0.0%, which is far below the national average. In contrast, 22.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a rate far above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
22.7% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 high 12.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% typical for Australia.
12.0%
Higher 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 Karrakatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50733/karrakatta/topic/community