16.3% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Maylands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Maylands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Maylands has remained steady, with 16.3% of residents volunteering their time. While these numbers are typical for the area, there is a notable gap in unpaid care work compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the Western Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most other areas. Only 21.3% of residents care for children unpaid and 14.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
8.7% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 2.2%, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50917/maylands/topic/community