18.0% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northam · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Northam
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 18% of people in Northam give their time as volunteers. This strong level of community involvement defines the area's social landscape. Other forms of contribution, including unpaid care and defence service, also play a role in the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% of residents helping out. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is less common than in other areas, with 23.9% of people providing this support, which is well below the state figure. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework or providing general unpaid care sit around the national average.
11.4% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. The local rate is 3.3%, which is about the same as the 2.9% seen across Western Australia.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51157/northam/topic/community