15.1% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perth · Urban Area
Community Participation in Perth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Perth have stepped into unpaid care roles since 2011, though other forms of community activity have stayed steady. While the area sees a high rate of people caring for children, it has a much lower proportion of residents providing other types of unpaid care compared to most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people in Perth volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and barely changed since 2011. This figure is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.2% of people providing this care—a figure that rose 1.1 points since 2011 and is much higher than most areas. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 19.7%, and those providing other unpaid care at 10.9% is much lower than most areas.
10.9% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 in most areas, with 2.9% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 69% of urban area 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/sua/5009/perth/topic/community