18.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neerabup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neerabup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Neerabup shows a strong spirit of giving. This is most evident in the 18.3% of residents who volunteer, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (18.3%) volunteer their time in Neerabup. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant activity here, with 28.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 25.8% care for children unpaid, and 10.8% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national average.
10.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 Neerabup has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national figures, which sit around 2.8% or 2.9%.
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 Neerabup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51101/neerabup/topic/community