15.0% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St James · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St James
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fifteen per cent of residents in St James volunteer their time, which is about the same as the national figure. This is the most common form of community contribution in the area, although other forms of unpaid work are much less frequent than in most places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates sit at 15%, a figure that is lower than most areas but about the same as both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 8.9% of people provide unpaid care, and only 14.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure.
8.9% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 less common in St James than in most similar areas, with 1.8% of people having served, which is a little below the state and national rates.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51402/st-james/topic/community