33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pinwernying · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pinwernying
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in volunteer rates defines Pinwernying, where 33.3% of people give their time to others. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as a place with very high levels of community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One third of residents volunteer, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is far above the state and national averages at 41.7%. Conversely, only 9.7% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.7% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 41.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar places, with 4.2% of residents having served, a figure slightly above both the state and national averages.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Pinwernying [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51250/pinwernying/topic/community