11.4% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spearwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spearwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Spearwood than in most similar areas. Only 11.4% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This highlights a lower level of community participation compared to both the state and the nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.4% of people in Spearwood volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 11.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the state average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 19.1%.
11.9% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 2.7%, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Spearwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51396/spearwood/topic/community