60.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mettler · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mettler
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest in the region for local involvement, Mettler is a place where 60.9% of people volunteer. This high level of community spirit extends into the home, with far more residents providing unpaid care and housework than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 60.9% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Mettler, where 69.6% of people care for children and 39.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the state and national averages. A little more than the usual 11.9% of Australians provide other forms of unpaid care, at 13.0%.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
69.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Mettler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50942/mettler/topic/community