15.3% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Padbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Padbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Padbury provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the local community's contribution, while other forms of volunteering and service remain more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the Western Australia figure of 15.9%, though it sits a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are a major focus here, with 35.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 11.1% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than in most areas.
11.1% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia, which sit at 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Padbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51192/padbury/topic/community