0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Patjarr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Patjarr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 80% of people in Patjarr provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where caring for children is a primary activity, even though traditional volunteering is almost non-existent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area is recorded as volunteering, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 79.3%, far above the Western Australian figure of 28.5%. This high level of childcare aligns with a broader trend of unpaid care, with 17.2% of people providing some form of unpaid care, well above the national average.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
79.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Patjarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51212/patjarr/topic/community