12.8% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Muchea · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Muchea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 12.8% of people in Muchea volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This low level of community involvement comes alongside a notable 6.5 percentage point drop in volunteering since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the share of people caring for children unpaid fell 13 points since 2011 to 25.5%, the number of people providing other unpaid care rose to 12.5%. Meanwhile, 23.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the state figure.
12.5% ▲ +164.5%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.2% of the population having served, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Muchea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521034/muchea/topic/community