21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paulls Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paulls Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Paulls Valley contribute to their community through unpaid work than in most similar areas. About 21% of residents volunteer, and a very high proportion of the population provides unpaid care for children or other family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in this area, with 40% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home care is consistent with the 32% who care for children unpaid, a rate well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
No one in this community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.9% and 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 Paulls Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51213/paulls-valley/topic/community