13.9% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Martin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Martin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Martin provide unpaid care than in most similar areas, though volunteering is less common here. While 13.9% of residents volunteer, nearly 30% of the population provides unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than most similar areas, with 13.9% of people pitching in. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a significant part of life here, with 29.8% of residents providing this support, which is well above the Australian figure. This is alongside a slightly higher than average rate of people providing other types of unpaid care at 12.9%.
12.9% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the rates for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Martin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50911/martin/topic/community