38.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kojarena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kojarena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Kojarena volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in the rest of the country. This high level of participation defines daily life here, as residents contribute significantly more to local causes than those in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 38.1% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest rates of volunteering for areas of this size.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While no one here reports unpaid childcare, 14.3% provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the state figure. Additionally, 52.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Kojarena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50770/kojarena/topic/community