11.5% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Morley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.5% of people in Morley volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This low level of community involvement is seen across the board, with residents also less likely to take on unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far less common here than in other areas, sitting well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less frequent in Morley, with only 18.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. The rate of people caring for children unpaid is also a little below the Australian figure.
11.6% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Morley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50998/morley/topic/community