16.3% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Victoria Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Victoria Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care in Victoria Park compared to other Australian areas. While volunteering rates are typical for the region, there is a strong trend of residents spending significantly less time on unpaid housework and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and roughly the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 8% provide unpaid care and 14.7% spend 15 or more hours on housework, figures that are well below both the state and national averages.
8.0% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51490/victoria-park/topic/community