20.3% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shelley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shelley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Shelley volunteer, a figure that has grown since the last census. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the area's strong rates of unpaid care and support compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 31.6% of people doing so unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 12.8% of residents providing other types of unpaid care, which is slightly above the state average.
12.8% ▲ +49.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.8%, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Shelley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51345/shelley/topic/community