21.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Varley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Varley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 21% of people in Varley volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong community spirit is a standout feature of the area, though very few residents provide formal unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of people helping out. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—almost no one here provides formal unpaid care. Only 21.4% care for children unpaid, which is well below the 26.3% Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 Varley has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Varley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51488/varley/topic/community