37.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Pingelly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Pingelly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and unpaid work have remained central to life in West Pingelly. More than a third of the community gives their time to others, a rate far higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 37.3% of people in West Pingelly volunteer, which is far above the national rate of 14.1% and among the highest results for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 39.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 33.7% caring for children unpaid. However, the 10.8% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.8% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 39.8%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 West Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51581/west-pingelly/topic/community