16.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Carnarvon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in South Carnarvon has remained steady over the last decade, with about 16% of people volunteering. This level of participation is slightly above the national figure and keeps the area in line with the rest of Western Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1% and roughly the same as the state figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people in South Carnarvon provide unpaid care compared to most areas. This is most clear with childcare, where only 19.1% of people provide unpaid help, well below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.2% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 South Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51365/south-carnarvon/topic/community