15.2% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orange Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orange Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Orange Grove has remained steady, with 15.2% of people volunteering their time. This is a little above the national figure, though it is lower than most similar areas. The area also sees a higher proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below both state and national levels at 21.0%. While 12.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care, about 20.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.7% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Orange Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51185/orange-grove/topic/community