26.2% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pejar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pejar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and caregiving than most similar areas define Pejar. Around 26% of people here volunteer, which is nearly double the national figure. This high level of community contribution is seen across both formal volunteering and unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of residents (26.2%) volunteer, a figure that is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 29.2% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 32.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 23.1% who care for children is a little below the state average.
29.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
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 Pejar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13187/pejar/topic/community