18.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pilliga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pilliga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Pilliga volunteer, which is a much higher rate than across New South Wales. This spirit of giving is the most prominent feature of the area's community life, contrasting with very low rates of unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid childcare here at 13.6%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Unpaid housework is also much lower than most areas, while those providing general unpaid care sit at 11.7%, about the same as the state and national figures.
11.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Pilliga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13217/pilliga/topic/community