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Roe (Agricultural) · State Electorate

Community Participation in Roe (Agricultural)

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Giving back is a huge part of daily life in Roe (Agricultural), where 27.3% of people volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. It shows a community where residents are very active in supporting local efforts.

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📍 Roe (Agricultural), State Electorate

Where Roe (Agricultural) sits — Volunteers

27.3% —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Roe (Agricultural) — higher than 99% of areas.

Roe (Agricultural)27.3%
Rest of WA 19.3%
Western Australia 15.9%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

More than a quarter of the population volunteers, which is 13 percentage points higher than the Australian average.

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27.3% —

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While a little more people do 15 or more hours of housework than in most areas, the share of people providing unpaid care is much lower than usual at 10.7%. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid are well below the Western Australian rate.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

About 2.5% of people here have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.

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 Roe (Agricultural) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54701/roe/topic/community