13.3% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Muchea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Muchea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Muchea has stayed relatively steady over the last decade. Around 13.3% of residents volunteer their time, while 3.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than most areas, with 13.3% of people helping out. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%, though it is about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.6% of people providing care and 23.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state figure. Around 26.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a result that is about the same as the national average.
12.6% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 higher than usual share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having done so. This is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Muchea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51040/muchea/topic/community