14.4% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mundijong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Mundijong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.1% of people in Mundijong provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. While many residents focus on family duties, fewer people here volunteer their time compared to most similar areas. This highlights a community where home-based care is a primary focus for many adults.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure. This is a drop of 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 34.1% of people providing it—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though this fell 3.6 percentage points since 2011. People providing other types of unpaid care make up 10.0% of the population, which is much lower than most areas.
10.0% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 Force veterans make up 2.7% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Mundijong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515026/mundijong/topic/community