31.5% ▲ +66.8%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Green Head · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Green Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping out defines daily life in Green Head (L), where 31.5% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure and reflects a significant increase in community spirit over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen by 13 points since 2011, meaning nearly a third of residents now give their time, which is far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While very few people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—many others give their time to the home. About 30.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, and 15.9% provide unpaid care, both of which are well above national levels.
15.9% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.6% ▼ -73.3%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
A higher number of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 5.2% of the population having served.
5.2%
Higher than 80% 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 Green Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522026/green-head/topic/community