20.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Onslow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Onslow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Onslow are active in their community than in the past, with volunteer rates now well above the national figure. This is a place where 20.8% of residents give their time to help others, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 6.7 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 30.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is much higher than most areas. However, the 6.9% of people providing other types of unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
6.9% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 3.7% of the population having served. This is slightly higher than the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Onslow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51181/onslow/topic/community