12.2% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picnic Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Picnic Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Picnic Point provide unpaid childcare, which is well above both the state and national figures. This high level of family support is the most prominent feature of local community work. Other forms of participation, such as volunteering and military service, are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than in most areas, with only 12.2% of residents giving their time. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Picnic Point, where 13.8% of people provide care and 25.3% do 15 or more hours of housework per week. Both figures are well above the national average.
13.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
Only 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Picnic Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13211/picnic-point/topic/community