11.0% ▼ -61.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Marble Bar · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Marble Bar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap exists between Marble Bar and the rest of the country in how people give their time. Only 11% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure and a sharp drop from previous years. This reflects a community where formal volunteering and unpaid care are much less common than in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply in Marble Bar, dropping 17 percentage points since 2011 to just 11%. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—well above the national figure—very few people provide other types of unpaid care. Only 2.2% provide unpaid care, which is among the lowest rates for areas like this and well below the state average.
2.2% ▼ -83.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.7%, this is a little above both the Western Australian and national figures.
4.7%
Higher than 73% 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 Marble Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522044/marble-bar/topic/community