18.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pindimar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pindimar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five residents in Pindimar provide unpaid care, a rate well above the national figure. This community is marked by high levels of local support and a strong history of service to the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—many others step up in different ways. Around 32.6% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, and 18.2% provide other types of unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
18.2% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 5.9%, this is well above the 2.8% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
5.9%
Higher than 87% 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 Pindimar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13223/pindimar/topic/community