20.5% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mardella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mardella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Mardella volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong presence of families and people performing unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 30.3% of people care for children unpaid, a figure well above the Australian average. Around 24.9% also do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 10.3% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
10.3% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Only 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Mardella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50901/mardella/topic/community