7.7% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Midvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Midvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Midvale are involved in unpaid community work, with volunteering rates far lower than the national average. Only 7.7% of people volunteer here, reflecting a general trend of low community participation across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Midvale has some of the lowest volunteering rates for its area level, at 7.7%. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 9.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with other low figures here, including just 15.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework.
9.6% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 1.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Midvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50948/midvale/topic/community