7.3% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Papulankutja · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Papulankutja
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Papulankutja (L) provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. While many residents are heavily involved in home and family duties, formal volunteering has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people volunteer, which is well below the Western Australia figure of 15.9%. This level of participation has fallen since 2011, when it sat at 11%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 50.8% of people caring for children, far above the 26.3% national figure. Nearly 30% also do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, and 13.7% provide other forms of unpaid care.
13.7% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.8% ▲ +115.2%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 78% 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 Papulankutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522053/papulankutja/topic/community