13.1% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan View · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swan View
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.1% of people in Swan View provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents support their families through care, others contribute through military service or volunteering, though volunteer rates are lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 26.1%, while 12.7% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average. About 20.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure lower than most areas.
12.7% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having military experience.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Swan View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51420/swan-view/topic/community