12.7% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sturt Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sturt Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Sturt Creek provide unpaid childcare, one of the highest rates across the country. While many residents are heavily involved in caring for family, others are less likely to volunteer compared to most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 53.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of care is consistent with 17.7% of people providing general unpaid care and 27.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above state and national levels.
17.7% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +362.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Sturt Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51415/sturt-creek/topic/community