13.4% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pioneer Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Pioneer Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent their time volunteering in Pioneer Valley since 2011, though unpaid family work remains common. While 13.4% of people volunteer, a striking 30.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped by 4.7 percentage points since 2011 to 13.4%. This is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home duties are common here, with 23.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the high rate of people caring for children unpaid, which at 30.3% is much higher than most areas. However, 9.4% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the state and national figures.
9.4% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian average.
2.6%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Pioneer Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021351/pioneer-valley/topic/community