30.8% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manypeaks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manypeaks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 17 percentage point gap separates Manypeaks from the national average when it comes to volunteering. Local residents are far more likely to give their time to the community than people elsewhere in Australia. This spirit of service extends to a high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.8% of people in Manypeaks volunteer, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.8% of people providing support—well above the national figure. However, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the state, at just 18.3%.
15.8% ▲ +57.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 much more common in Manypeaks than in other areas, with 7.9% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Manypeaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50895/manypeaks/topic/community