12.7% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meadow Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meadow Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid childcare and military service set Meadow Springs apart from most similar areas. While 30.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, the community is less likely to volunteer compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of people in Meadow Springs volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.9% of people providing this care—a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 11.1% providing general unpaid care and 21.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.1% ▲ +32.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 4.4%, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Meadow Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50922/meadow-springs/topic/community