43.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Casuarinas · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Casuarinas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An extraordinary 43.5% of people in West Casuarinas volunteer, placing the area among the highest for community spirit. This strong drive to help others is reflected in the high number of residents providing unpaid care and looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 43.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the state figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 26.1% of people provide care and 47.8% look after children unpaid, both of which are far above Australian and state figures. Interestingly, people doing 15 or more hours of housework are among the lowest in the country at 13.0%.
26.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.9% and the national rate of 2.8%.
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 West Casuarinas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51571/west-casuarinas/topic/community