10.8% ▲ +57.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Pearce · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Pearce
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.8% of people volunteer their time in Point Pearce, which is much lower than most other areas. This low level of community volunteering is a standout feature of daily life here compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the South Australian average of 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national average—much fewer people do heavy housework. Only 11.8% spend 15 or more hours on housework weekly, which is well below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
10.8% ▲ —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.8% ▼ -68.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state average of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Point Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41172/point-pearce/topic/community