12.3% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Hedland · Urban Area
Community Participation in Port Hedland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Port Hedland engage in community activities compared to most similar areas. While 29.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the rates of volunteering and general caregiving are among the lowest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low here, with only 12.3% of people helping out. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is common, as 29.3% of people provide unpaid care for children, a figure that rose 5.2 percentage points since 2011. However, other forms of help are rare; those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (14.6%) and those providing general unpaid care (5.7%) are both well below the state and national figures.
5.7% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 in Port Hedland than in other areas, with 1.9% of people having served. This is a little below the Western Australian average of 2.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 95% 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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5010/port-hedland/topic/community