14.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pelton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pelton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people perform unpaid work in Pelton than in most similar areas. Nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, while 13.4% of the population provides general unpaid care. This high level of home-based support is a key feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people volunteer here, which is lower than in most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is very common, with 31.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in childcare too, where 29.9% of residents provide unpaid care for children, well above the New South Wales average.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. At 5.9%, the proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is well above both the state and national figures.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Pelton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13190/pelton/topic/community