12.0% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Medina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Medina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Medina involves less unpaid community and family work than in other areas. Only 12% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. While some residents provide care, the area generally shows lower levels of unpaid domestic and childcare work compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 12% of people giving their time. This is much lower than most other areas and sits well below the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is less common in Medina, with 21.6% of people providing this care, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 18.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure much lower than most areas.
12.2% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most other areas, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Medina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50925/medina/topic/community