22.4% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Three Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Three Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Three Springs give their time to volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is common. This high level of local help stands out against national figures, though fewer residents are engaged in unpaid care roles compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 5.2% of people providing unpaid care and 19.2% caring for children unpaid. This is well below the national figure of 26.3% for childcare.
5.2% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 more common in Three Springs than in most areas. About 4.2% of residents have served, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51449/three-springs/topic/community