10.3% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maddington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maddington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.3% of people volunteer in Maddington, a figure that is well below the national average. This suggests a low level of community participation compared to other similar areas. Most residents here are less likely to spend their spare time in unpaid roles or community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. The 10.3% rate is well below both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is about the same as the national figure—other forms of help are less common. The proportions of people doing significant unpaid housework or providing general unpaid care are both much lower than in most areas.
10.1% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas. Just 2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Maddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50873/maddington/topic/community