20.7% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picketts Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Picketts Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, Picketts Valley has a very high rate of community and household contribution. More than one in five residents volunteer, and the area sees far more unpaid care and housework than typical Australian neighbourhoods.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer work is common here, with 20.7% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Picketts Valley, with 36.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with other care roles, as 34.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average.
14.0% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.0% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 36.0%
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 uncommon in the area, with 0.0% of the population having served, which 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 Picketts Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13210/picketts-valley/topic/community