22.7% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mahogany Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mahogany Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Stronger than average levels of volunteering and unpaid care define daily life in Mahogany Creek. About 22.7% of the population give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of people helping out, a rate well above both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, as 30.4% of people care for children, which is much higher than in most areas. This sits alongside higher than average rates of people doing a lot of housework and providing general unpaid care.
13.4% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
The area has a higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most similar places, with 3.9% of residents having served.
3.9%
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 Mahogany Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50879/mahogany-creek/topic/community