15.7% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pillar Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pillar Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Pillar Valley apart from the state and national averages. While volunteering is slightly above the national figure, the area is most notable for its strong history of Defence Force service and a high proportion of people supporting others through unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people in Pillar Valley volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.3% of people doing so. This is well above the New South Wales figure, though those caring for children unpaid (22.9%) is a little below the state average.
17.3% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
A significant 5.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Pillar Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13216/pillar-valley/topic/community