33.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Metricup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Metricup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in volunteer rates defines Metricup, where 33.7% of people give their time to others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Local residents are also much more likely to provide unpaid childcare than people in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a third of people in Metricup volunteer, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia. This rate is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 33.7% of residents providing this care, well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. However, the 9.9% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 1.5% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower 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 Metricup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50941/metricup/topic/community