11.1% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pierces Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pierces Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Pierces Creek have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While many residents focus on unpaid work at home, fewer people here spend their time volunteering compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.2% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 29.2% of people who provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian figure.
12.5% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 striking 15.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 2.8%.
15.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Pierces Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32311/pierces-creek/topic/community