21.2% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Onslow · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Onslow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement mark Onslow (L) compared to most similar areas. More than one in five people volunteer here, and the number of unpaid carers for children has jumped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.2% of people in Onslow (L) volunteer, which is well above the figures for Western Australia (15.9%) and Australia (14.1%). This rate has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 31.2% of people providing care—a rise of 15 percentage points since 2011. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care are among the lowest at 7.0%, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
7.0% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +98.0%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 3.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.8%
Higher 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 Onslow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521040/onslow/topic/community