42.7% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salmon Gums · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Salmon Gums
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 43% of residents in Salmon Gums volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of engagement is seen across the board, with many residents balancing their time between local service, unpaid childcare, and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 42.7% of people volunteer here, which is far above the 15.9% seen in Western Australia and the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the highest rates for any similar area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 20% of people providing such support, well above the 11.9% national average. This is reflected in the high number of people caring for children (40%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (30.9%).
20.0% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
The 3.7% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is higher than most other areas, though this is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Salmon Gums [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51320/salmon-gums/topic/community