26.2% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ogilvie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ogilvie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Ogilvie volunteer, making it a highly active community. This spirit of service is reflected in the area's strong rates of unpaid childcare and a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Western Australia figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 40.5% of people providing this care, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care, and only 16.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national rate of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 7.1% of people having served. This is well above both the state figure of 2.9% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Ogilvie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51177/ogilvie/topic/community