28.4% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perenjori · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Perenjori
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines the community spirit in Perenjori. While 28.4% of people here volunteer, this is more than double the figure for most other areas. This strong commitment to unpaid work stands in contrast to much lower rates of unpaid care and housework within the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 28.4% of residents in Perenjori volunteer, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 10% providing unpaid care and 20.4% caring for children unpaid, which is well below the 26.3% national figure. Similarly, only 14.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
No one in Perenjori has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Perenjori [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51227/perenjori/topic/community