4.6% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plumridge Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Plumridge Lakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Plumridge Lakes have taken on unpaid care or volunteer roles since 2011. While the area has a higher rate of former Defence Force members than most similar places, overall community participation is very low compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.6% of people here volunteer, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 9.7% of people providing any unpaid care. This is a little below the national figure, and far fewer people look after children (16.2%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (4.6%) compared to the rest of the state.
9.7% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -54.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.6% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
About 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Plumridge Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51253/plumridge-lakes/topic/community