20.2% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Piper · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Piper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average, 20.2% of people in Point Piper volunteer their time. This high level of community activity contrasts with much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of residents helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, especially for children, where only 19.2% of people provide care. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.0% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 little below the national average of 2.8%, only 1.2% of Point Piper residents have served in the Defence Force.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Point Piper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13245/point-piper/topic/community