13.2% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Piccadilly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Piccadilly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering mark the community profile of Piccadilly. While some areas have high levels of local support, only 6.4% of people here provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.2% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in other areas; for example, only 6.4% provide unpaid care and 16.5% do 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the national figures. However, 27% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the Australian average.
6.4% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Piccadilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51236/piccadilly/topic/community