23.9% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picola · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Picola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Picola volunteer, which is far above the state and national figures. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are very high here, with 23.9% of people helping out, well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Picola, where 28.7% do 15 or more hours of housework and 18.1% provide unpaid care. Both figures are well above the national average, though 23.4% of people caring for children is a little below the state figure.
18.1% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Picola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22066/picola/topic/community