12.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pelican · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pelican
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Pelican provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support defines community participation in the area, despite low rates of traditional volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 17.0% of people providing unpaid care—well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This includes 26.3% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national average.
17.0% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
About 2.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Pelican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13189/pelican/topic/community