32.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walpole · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walpole
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 32.5% of people in Walpole volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is seen across the area, from those helping out in local groups to a higher-than-usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Walpole are much higher than in most areas, sitting at 32.5% compared to just 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.7% of people providing care and 31.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above the national figures. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average at 13.7%.
15.7% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.7% ▼ -44.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
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.
A little more than 5.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Walpole [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51510/walpole/topic/community