19.1% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paraburdoo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Paraburdoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Paraburdoo, where 19.1% of people give their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is strong, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework than typical Australian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Paraburdoo volunteer, a figure that has risen 5.0 percentage points since 2011. This rate is well above both the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much lower than usual here, with only 4.3% of people providing such support. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell 12 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.0%, which is well below the national figure.
4.3% ▼ -61.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 small minority of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 2.2%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.2%
Lower than 84% 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 Paraburdoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515029/paraburdoo/topic/community