50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pallal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pallal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Pallal volunteer, which is one of the highest rates for any area of this type. This strong spirit of community service is matched by a high number of people taking on unpaid care roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50.0% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 23.9% providing general care and 32.6% caring for children. Similarly, 32.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
23.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
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.
No one in Pallal has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Pallal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13141/pallal/topic/community