15.0% ▼ -55.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Preston Settlement · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Preston Settlement
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid support defines daily life in Preston Settlement, where many residents spend their time caring for others. About 20.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid support is common, with 20.6% of residents giving care and 31.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. This is consistent with 26.2% of people caring for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national average.
20.6% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 31.8%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
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 Preston Settlement [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51263/preston-settlement/topic/community