16.5% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scarborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 16.5% of people in Scarborough volunteer their time, which is slightly higher than the national figure. This represents the most active form of community contribution in the area, though rates of unpaid care and housework are notably lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Scarborough are around the middle for similar areas. At 16.5%, this is about the same as the Western Australian figure and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9% of people providing care and 15.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The 24.8% of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the state figure.
9.0% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51330/scarborough/topic/community