12.3% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre 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 Centre
Community Participation in Port Hedland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates Port Hedland from the national average for unpaid care and housework. While nearly 30% of residents care for children, very few people here take on other forms of unpaid work or volunteering. This creates a community profile where family care is common but broader social participation is low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people in Port Hedland volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the Western Australian average of 15.9% and has fallen by 2.2 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid make up 29.3% of the population, a figure a little above the national average. However, other forms of unpaid work are rare, with the rates of people providing general unpaid care and doing heavy housework both well below state and national figures.
5.7% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 97% of urban centre 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 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre 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.
Only 1.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and is a little below the Western Australian average of 2.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 87% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL513004/port-hedland/topic/community