20.1% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Pinjarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Pinjarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average rate of volunteering marks West Pinjarra, where 20.1% of people give their time to help others. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the home, with far more people taking on unpaid care and housework than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in this area, as 32.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 31.8% of people care for children unpaid, a rate well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.2% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas. Only 1.8% of residents have served, which is a little below the Western Australian rate of 2.9%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Pinjarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51582/west-pinjarra/topic/community