17.0% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Capel · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Capel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Capel provide unpaid care for others. While volunteer rates are around the middle for similar areas, there has been a noticeable rise in those performing unpaid housework and care roles since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.0% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 19.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Capel, with 28.9% of people caring for children, a figure higher than most areas. More people are also doing heavy housework, with 24.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
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.
About 3.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515005/capel/topic/community