28.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Old Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving has grown in Old Plains, where nearly 3 in 10 people now volunteer. This level of community involvement is far above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.2% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a mixed story; while 15.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, almost no one here does 15 or more hours of housework per week.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.7% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 residents in the area have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Western Australian and Australian averages.
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 Old Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51178/old-plains/topic/community