19.6% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Donnybrook · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Donnybrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Donnybrook volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is seen across the town, though the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. Other forms of unpaid work and service are also common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% figure for Western Australia and higher than most similar areas. This is a drop from 2011, when 24.1% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 28.3% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 11.5% provide unpaid care—about the same as the rest of the country—while 24.9% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the state average.
11.5% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
A little more than the state and national averages have served in the Defence Force, with 4.0% of Donnybrook residents having this experience.
4.0%
Higher than 60% 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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515011/donnybrook/topic/community