11.0% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Victory Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Victory Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well below average volunteer rate of 11.0% marks the community profile of Victory Heights. While few residents give their time to volunteering, there are higher rates of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.0% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Almost 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. However, people providing general unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework are much fewer here than in most other areas.
5.6% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
A higher than usual 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.2%
Higher 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 Victory Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51492/victory-heights/topic/community