17.3% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Plantations
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in North Plantations compared to the rest of the state. While 17.3% of residents volunteer—a figure well above the national average—the area stands out for having very low levels of unpaid domestic and care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people giving their time. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas. Only 4.3% of people provide unpaid care and 9.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both figures far below the national average. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid are far below the state at just 14.6%.
4.3% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.1% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in the wider community. At 1.2%, the rate is a little below both the Western Australian and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 North Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51148/north-plantations/topic/community