19.7% ▲ +209.8%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Samson · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Point Samson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 19.7% of people in Point Samson volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This local commitment to community work has grown significantly over the last decade. The area also shows a higher-than-usual rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has surged in Point Samson, rising 13 points since 2011 to reach 19.7%. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has fallen sharply to 20.7%, which is well below the national figure. However, more people than usual spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, at 25.3%. Meanwhile, those providing other types of unpaid care have dropped to just 2.0%.
2.0% ▼ -84.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Point Samson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522055/point-samson/topic/community