3.7% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St George Ranges · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St George Ranges
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in St George Ranges is marked by a very high rate of parents caring for children. While 40.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—far above the national figure—very few residents participate in formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.7% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus as 40.7% of people care for children unpaid, though the 6.4% who provide other types of unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Only 4.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
6.4% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.1% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Western Australian figure of 2.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 St George Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51401/st-george-ranges/topic/community