21.7% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jurien Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Jurien Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Jurien Bay volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency to give their time, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 8.1% of people providing care and 19.3% caring for children, both figures well below the Western Australian average. However, 23.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the state's 20.1%.
8.1% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Around 3.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Jurien Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515016/jurien-bay/topic/community