21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seppings · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seppings
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Seppings volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where 21.1% of residents give back to others. Most people here are active in their local community through unpaid work or service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Seppings, with 21.1% of residents participating. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is slightly more common here than across Australia, at 28.9%. However, other forms of unpaid work are much less frequent, with only 4.9% providing unpaid care and 16.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both well below the national figures.
4.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.8% of the population having served. This is about the same as both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Seppings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51338/seppings/topic/community