15.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Chittering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Chittering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in most similar areas provide unpaid childcare in Lower Chittering. While many residents support their families through home and child care, others contribute through military service. Around 15% of the community volunteer, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common for 15% of residents, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a major commitment here, with 31.3% of people providing this support, which is well above the Australian figure. Housework is also more common, as 25.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these tasks.
10.9% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 higher proportion of people in Lower Chittering have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 4% of the population having this experience.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Lower Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50863/lower-chittering/topic/community