13.8% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Richon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Richon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Mount Richon provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While volunteering is less common than in most areas, there is a notably strong presence of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people providing a level of care that is a little above the national figure. Around 26.1% provide unpaid childcare, while 21.4% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
13.3% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population having served. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Richon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51031/mount-richon/topic/community