15.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Useless Loop · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Useless Loop
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of the people in Useless Loop provide unpaid childcare, a figure that far exceeds both state and national levels. While this high level of family care stands out, other forms of community work and service are relatively uncommon in this sparsely populated area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and almost identical to the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
An impressive 46.3% of residents care for children unpaid, which is far above the national rate of 26.3%. This is consistent with more people doing at least 15 hours of housework than usual, though the 3.2% who provide other unpaid care is well below the state and national figures.
3.2% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 Useless Loop has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Useless Loop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51484/useless-loop/topic/community