19.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Linfarne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Linfarne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have remained steady in Linfarne, where 19.2% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is high, there is a notable lack of unpaid caregiving compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people volunteer in Linfarne, a rate that is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common, with 26.9% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure. However, there are far fewer people caring for children unpaid (15.4%) and no one providing other forms of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 Linfarne has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Linfarne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50852/linfarne/topic/community