19.6% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allanson · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Allanson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to others is a common part of daily life in Allanson, where 19.6% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though it has fallen from 26.7% since 2011. Residents here also take on significant unpaid roles within their homes and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer in Allanson, a rate that is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. However, this participation has dropped by 7.1 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend sits alongside a high rate of unpaid care for others, which rose slightly to 15.2% since 2011.
15.2% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 higher proportion of people in Allanson have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.0%, this is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 77% 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 Allanson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521001/allanson/topic/community