5.9% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bidyadanga (La Grange) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bidyadanga (La Grange)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Bidyadanga (La Grange) since 2011, though more residents now provide unpaid childcare. Only 5.9% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 4.9 percentage points since 2011, leaving Bidyadanga (La Grange) with a rate far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
An unusually high 40.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the national figure, and the share of people providing other unpaid care has fallen since 2011.
8.5% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.2% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.3% ▲ +174.6%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
Only 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
1.0%
Lower than 93% 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 Bidyadanga (La Grange) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521004/bidyadanga/topic/community