13.4% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Perth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of residents in Perth (Tas.) provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family support stands in contrast to lower-than-usual rates of community volunteering and general unpaid care. It is a place where domestic duties and military service are more common than in many other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 13.4% of people volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of support are less common, with unpaid care for others at 11.6% and 21.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework.
11.6% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is slightly higher than the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60503/perth/topic/community