18.6% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cranbrook · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cranbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Cranbrook (L) provide unpaid care, a figure that is well above the national average. While volunteering is common here, the number of people giving their time to community groups has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 18.6% of residents pitching in. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, although it has fallen by 8.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 17.6% of people doing so, which is well above the state and national figures. However, those doing unpaid housework or caring for children are much fewer than in most other areas.
17.6% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
1.4%
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 Cranbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522016/cranbrook/topic/community