24.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pearces Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pearces Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering marks the current community spirit in Pearces Creek. Nearly one in four people here give their time to others, a figure that sits far above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.7% of people helping out, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.8% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, only 16.1% spend 15 or more hours on housework. This is well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
13.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Pearces Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13181/pearces-creek/topic/community