22.0% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northampton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Northampton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Northampton than in most similar areas. A striking 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 22% of people helping out, which is 7.9 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than the state average, nearly 30% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average.
11.5% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51158/northampton/topic/community