23.5% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tom Price · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tom Price
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Tom Price volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work, particularly in caring for children, and has seen a significant rise in volunteerism over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers rose by 9.9 points since 2011 to reach 23.5%. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 39.0% of people doing so unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 5.6% provide other types of unpaid care, which is among the lowest across similar areas.
5.6% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.0% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 3.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Tom Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515033/tom-price/topic/community