26.3% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Robinson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Robinson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Robinson give their time to others than in most of the country. About 26.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are also more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.3% of people pitching in. This is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life in Robinson, where 26.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 30.8% care for children unpaid, which is well above the 26.3% average for Australia.
12.1% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Around 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.9% for Western Australia and the 2.8% national figure.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Robinson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51300/robinson/topic/community