18.3% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dwellingup · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Dwellingup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Dwellingup spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is much higher than most areas. While many residents contribute to the community, others provide significant unpaid support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well above the national figure, with 18.3% of people helping out. This is a little above the Western Australian average, though it has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 19% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the state and national figures. However, 11.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, a figure that is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.5% ▲ +22.5%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
A high number of people in Dwellingup have served in the Defence Force. At 7.3%, this is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
7.3%
Higher than 93% 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 Dwellingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522023/dwellingup/topic/community