16.5% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pinjarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pinjarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 4% of residents in Pinjarra have served in the Defence Force, making it much more likely to have former service members than most other areas. This contribution to the community is matched by a steady rate of volunteering and unpaid care work. It is a place where many people give their time to support others and the broader public.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people in Pinjarra volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and about the same as the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing care and 24.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 24.8%, which is well below the Western Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +37.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Pinjarra has a strong connection to the military, with 4.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little above both the state and national levels.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Pinjarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51247/pinjarra/topic/community