14.0% ▲ +72.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seabird · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seabird
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of military service defines Seabird, where 7.1% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country. Other forms of community involvement are generally lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.0% of people providing care and just 7.0% caring for children unpaid—a figure far below the national average.
8.0% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.0% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 very common here, with 7.1% of residents having served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Seabird [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51336/seabird/topic/community