21.8% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prevelly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prevelly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of community contribution define Prevelly, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and help out than those in most other areas. About 21.8% of people here volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Prevelly, with 21.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent here, with 29.1% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 30.3% of people care for children unpaid, the 10.9% who provide other types of unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in similar areas. At 6.1%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Prevelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51264/prevelly/topic/community