29.3% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perillup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Perillup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Perillup volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit stands out as the most striking feature of the local area. Other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Perillup, with 29.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—fewer residents provide unpaid care. Only 9.8% provide unpaid care, and 22.0% care for children unpaid, which is well below both state and national levels.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 Perillup has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the state figure of 2.9% and the national rate 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 Perillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51228/perillup/topic/community