31.5% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dalwallinu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dalwallinu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of residents in Dalwallinu (L) volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering among similar places. While this spirit of giving is strong, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.5% of people providing this care, a figure that has risen since 2011. In contrast, those doing over 15 hours of housework or providing other unpaid care are much lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national and state figures and among the lowest for similar areas.
1.3%
Lower than 91% 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 Dalwallinu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521017/dalwallinu/topic/community