26.0% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Clarence · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Clarence
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26% of people in Mount Clarence volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most defining feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is far above both the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.1% of people providing care and 22.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. However, those caring for children unpaid (24.4%) are well below the state average.
12.1% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▲ +26.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Defence service is typical for the area, with 2.7% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Mount Clarence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51009/mount-clarence/topic/community