12.0% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pyrmont · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pyrmont
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Pyrmont engage in unpaid care or volunteering compared to the rest of the country. Only 12% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the national figure. This suggests a community where very few people spend their spare time on unpaid work or caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 12% of people taking part. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid care than in other areas. Only 16.8% care for children unpaid and 15% do at least 15 hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
8.0% ▲ +34.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▲ +46.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Pyrmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13297/pyrmont/topic/community