23.7% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Toodyay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Toodyay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 10 percentage points more people volunteer in West Toodyay than the national figure. This community is very active in giving their time, with high rates of volunteering and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.0% of people providing care and 27.0% doing over 15 hours of housework. However, the 23.0% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.0% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. At 6.7%, the rate of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Toodyay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51586/west-toodyay/topic/community