16.5% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pelican Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pelican Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Pelican Waters have served in the Defence Force, with 5.1% of residents being veterans. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, whether through volunteering or managing a home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 21.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, a much higher proportion of residents (28.1%) spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.2% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
The 5.1% of people who served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Pelican Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32294/pelican-waters/topic/community