21.4% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Monjingup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Monjingup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, 21.4% of people in Monjingup volunteer their time. This community is well above the national average for volunteering, showing a strong pattern of local involvement. While many contribute to the community, fewer residents provide unpaid care compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common, with 27.5% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those caring for children unpaid (23.3%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.9%) are both below the national average.
8.9% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Monjingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50980/monjingup/topic/community