22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Throssell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Throssell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Throssell volunteer, making this a highly active community. Local residents are much more likely to help out in their spare time compared to the rest of the state and the nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a lot of unpaid work, as 36.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in childcare too, with 31.7% of people caring for children unpaid, while the rate of general unpaid care is among the lowest in the country at 4.8%.
4.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 36.5%
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 rare in Throssell, where 0.0% of the population has served. This is a little below the national and state figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Throssell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51450/throssell/topic/community