11.4% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picton East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Picton East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than most similar areas define the community involvement in Picton East. While few residents provide unpaid childcare or housework, a surprisingly high number of people here take on other types of unpaid care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people volunteer, which is well below the Western Australia figure of 15.9% and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (10.7%) and housework (11.4%) are both among the lowest for this level, falling far below state and national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much higher than most areas at 15.7%.
15.7% ▲ +76.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% ▼ -66.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.4% ▼ -61.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Picton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51239/picton-east/topic/community