12.9% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pearcedale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pearcedale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Pearcedale provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the state and national averages. While many residents are heavily involved in caring for family and home, a smaller proportion engage in formal volunteering compared to other areas. This creates a community profile defined more by domestic responsibilities than by external volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents are volunteers, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3% and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of local life, with 29.6% of people caring for children unpaid—well above the national 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher rate of general unpaid care (14.8%) and more people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework than in the rest of the state.
14.8% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
About 2.9% of people here have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Pearcedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22050/pearcedale/topic/community