24.4% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pingelly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pingelly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Pingelly volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This strong level of community involvement is mirrored by a high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.4% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.1% of people provide unpaid care, the proportion of residents caring for children unpaid is 17.8%, which is far below the state figure. Meanwhile, 25% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a result well above the national average.
12.1% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 5.2% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51244/pingelly/topic/community