16.5% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pearsondale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pearsondale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework set Pearsondale apart from most similar areas. While about 16.5% of the community volunteers, the most striking feature is the high proportion of residents providing unpaid support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 16.5% of residents who volunteer is around the middle for its level, though this is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 30.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—far above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with 16.5% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
16.5% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 more than 4.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas and above the 2.8% national average.
4.9%
Higher than 79% 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 Pearsondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22051/pearsondale/topic/community