33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mumberkine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mumberkine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement than most similar areas define Mumberkine, where one third of residents volunteer. This spirit of service is reflected in a very high proportion of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One third of the population (33.3%) volunteer here, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25.6% of people providing care and 35.9% doing over 15 hours of housework—both far above state and national figures. However, the 23.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
25.6% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 35.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Mumberkine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51053/mumberkine/topic/community