29.8% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bremer Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bremer Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bremer Bay volunteer, one of the highest rates for this type of area. This strong spirit of helping others defines the local community, which far exceeds both the state and national figures. The area also has a higher than usual proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.8% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and has risen by 4.4 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is among the lowest in the region at 14.1%, a figure that fell 13 points since 2011. However, 29.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
8.4% ▼ -57.4%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
A slightly higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.3%.
4.3%
Higher than 66% 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 Bremer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522007/bremer-bay/topic/community