19.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Winthrop · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Winthrop
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, nearly 20% of people in Winthrop give their time as volunteers. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework roles compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents volunteer their time, which 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 care is common here, with 30.9% of people caring for children and 13.6% providing other unpaid care, both of which are above the national figures. Additionally, 24.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a result well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
13.6% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.4%, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Winthrop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51623/winthrop/topic/community