21.2% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peppermint Grove Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Peppermint Grove Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Peppermint Grove Beach volunteer their time, making it a highly active community. This strong spirit of giving has grown since 2011 and is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.2% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen 5.6 percentage points since 2011, leaving it well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the state average. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care (13.6%) and caring for children (26.4%) have both seen increases since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
Around 3.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.8%
Higher than 56% 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 Peppermint Grove Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521043/peppermint-grove-beach/topic/community