10.6% ▼ -53.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pooncarie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pooncarie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.6% of people in Pooncarie volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is seen across several areas of unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 10.6% of residents helping out, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 10.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This trend extends to other care roles, as the 5.9% who provide unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
5.9% ▼ -57.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.6% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
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 Pooncarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13254/pooncarie/topic/community