11.2% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spalding · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spalding
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 11.2% of people in Spalding volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This community sees lower levels of unpaid activity across the board, from volunteering to caring for children. While these participation rates are generally below state and national levels, military service is more typical.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far less common here than in other areas, with only 11.2% of residents helping out. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less frequent in Spalding, as only 22.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with lower rates of housework, where 18.6% of people do 15 or more hours a week, slightly below the national rate of 20.7%.
10.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
About 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Spalding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51395/spalding/topic/community