24.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spencers Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spencers Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Spencers Brook volunteer, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where 24% of residents give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteer rate of 24% is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.3% of residents do over 15 hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—far fewer people here provide unpaid care for children compared to most other areas.
9.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Spencers Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51398/spencers-brook/topic/community