22.0% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Margaret River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Margaret River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 20% of people in Margaret River volunteer, a rate far higher than the national figure. This strong commitment to helping out is seen across the community, which also has a very high number of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen in Western Australia and 14.1% across the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 32.5% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure. While 23.2% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, only 9.9% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.9% ▲ +28.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is a little below the state and national figures.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Margaret River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50903/margaret-river/topic/community