15.8% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darling Range (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Darling Range (East Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.2% of people provide unpaid child care in Darling Range, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This suggests a strong focus on family and home life. While many residents help out at home, about 15.8% also give their time to volunteer for the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 15.8% of people helping out. This is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home work is very common, with 23.6% of people doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the state's 20.1%. This is consistent with the very high rate of people caring for children unpaid, which is 7.9 percentage points higher than the national average.
11.4% —
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% —
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% —
Higher than 80% of state electorate 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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia wider.
3.1%
Higher than 59% of state electorate 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 Darling Range (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51902/darling-range/topic/community