6.9% ▼ -37.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karratha Industrial Estate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karratha Industrial Estate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Karratha Industrial Estate and the rest of the country in how people spend their spare time. Only 6.9% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This area shows very low levels of community and home-based care compared to state and national norms.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with only 6.9% of residents giving their time. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is almost non-existent in this area, with 0.0% of people providing care for others. This is far below the national figure of 11.9%, and it is equally uncommon for residents to provide unpaid childcare (6.9%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (6.3%).
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.9% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.3% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.9% seen across Western Australia and the 2.8% national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Karratha Industrial Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50738/karratha-industrial-estate/topic/community