6.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kwinana Town Centre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kwinana Town Centre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.4% of people volunteer in Kwinana Town Centre, a figure that is well below the national average. While community volunteering is low, a high proportion of the population provides unpaid child care. This creates a local profile where home-based care is common but formal community service is rare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 6.4% of residents helping out. This is well below the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 33.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing at least 15 hours of housework (18.1%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.3%) are both much lower than in most areas.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.4%. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Kwinana Town Centre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50806/kwinana-town-centre/topic/community