24.5% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katrine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Katrine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Katrine volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most of Australia. This spirit of helping out is mirrored in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care and manage significant housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and far above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 37.7% do 15 or more hours of housework and 24.5% provide unpaid care, both figures being far above the national average. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 20.8%, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
24.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 37.7%
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 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Katrine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50743/katrine/topic/community