15.3% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Madora Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Madora Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35.1% of people in Madora Bay provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While this reflects a high level of family support, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than in most other similar areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common, with 23.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside the high rate of unpaid childcare, though only 10.7% provide other types of unpaid care.
10.7% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Madora Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50875/madora-bay/topic/community