14.3% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Orana provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, with 24.7% of residents performing this role. While some residents contribute to the community through volunteering, others focus their time on unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people in Orana volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework for 15 or more hours a week is much less common here than in most areas, at 19.0%. However, 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
13.2% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
The proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is 2.9%, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Orana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51184/orana/topic/community