24.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Talbot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Talbot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement define Talbot, where residents are far more likely to volunteer than people in most other areas. About 24% of the population spends time volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in four people volunteer here, a rate that is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Talbot, with 33.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is alongside a higher than usual 30.2% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51424/talbot/topic/community