20.5% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pelican Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pelican Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 20% of people in Pelican Point volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected across the area's participation in unpaid work and service. Residents are more likely to give their time to others than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more frequent than in most areas, with 27.5% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it. This is well above the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 13.1% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.1% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51223/pelican-point/topic/community