16.6% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fremantle (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Fremantle (South Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Fremantle (South Metropolitan) volunteer their time, which is higher than most similar areas. This community is more active in volunteering than the national figure, though it has fewer people providing unpaid childcare than is typical for the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of residents helping out. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and about the same as Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state average at 25.0%. Similarly, 18.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas. However, 11.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure about the same as the national average.
11.9% —
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 75% 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Fremantle (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52205/fremantle/topic/community