24.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watercarrin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watercarrin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Watercarrin provide unpaid care for children, making it a place where family support is very common. This high level of home-based care is mirrored by a strong culture of volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24% of people giving their time. This is well above the 15.9% seen in Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 32% of people provide unpaid childcare and another 32% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. These figures are far above the national average, while 12% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
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 Watercarrin has served in the Defence Force, which 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 Watercarrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51543/watercarrin/topic/community