13.6% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perth · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Perth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant drop in volunteering defines the recent shift in community life for Perth (Tas.), where the share of volunteers fell by 8.6 percentage points since 2011. While this civic engagement has dipped, the town has seen a rise in people caring for children unpaid, which now sits at 30.4%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.4% of people providing care—a figure well above both the state and national averages. In contrast, the 21.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
About 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 55% 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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615017/perth/topic/community