36.2% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shadforth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shadforth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 36.2% of people in Shadforth volunteer, showing a community where helping out is a major part of daily life. This local spirit extends into the home, with very high rates of unpaid housework and caregiving compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of Western Australia, with 36.2% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 35.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. This goes alongside higher than usual rates of people providing unpaid care (14%) and caring for children (27.4%).
14.0% ▲ +82.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51342/shadforth/topic/community