43.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mobrup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mobrup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Mobrup and the rest of the country when it comes to helping others, with 43.2% of people volunteering. This makes it one of the most active areas for community work in the region. Residents are far more likely to give their time to others than people in the wider state or nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 43.2% of the community volunteers, which is far above the 15.9% seen in Western Australia and the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest rates of volunteering for areas of this size.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 35.1% of people providing care—far above the 11.9% national average. While 24.3% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, the 21.6% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
35.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia, where around 2.8% of people have served.
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 Mobrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50972/mobrup/topic/community