14.0% —
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jandakot (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Jandakot (South Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 36.5% of people in Jandakot provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community contribution are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of the population volunteers, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is among the highest for its level, sitting well above Western Australia's 28.5%. However, only 9.3% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.3% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Higher than 55% 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.
Defence service is less common here than elsewhere, with 1.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure a little below the state and national averages.
1.7%
Lower than 83% 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 Jandakot (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52505/jandakot/topic/community