13.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pilton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of veterans live in Pilton, where 4.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here than in most areas, residents are generally less likely to provide unpaid care or housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much less likely to do unpaid work than people elsewhere. Only 9.1% provide unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.7%) are well below the national figure of 20.7%.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.5% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Pilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32316/pilton/topic/community