9.0% ▼ -52.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ord River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ord River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of nearly 7 percentage points separates the volunteering rate in Ord River from the Western Australian average. Only 9% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While community service is low, nearly 29% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 28.7%, slightly above the Australian average. However, only 6.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.6% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
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.
About 2.4% of people in Ord River have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and the nation.
2.4%
Lower 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 Ord River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51188/ord-river/topic/community