20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pelham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pelham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Pelham do a significant amount of housework, making it one of the highest areas for this activity. While unpaid domestic work is common, the community is also active in volunteering, with 20% of people giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people volunteer in Pelham, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 48% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—there are no people providing unpaid care for others or children. The 16% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
48.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 48.0%
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.
No one in Pelham has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state figure of 4% and 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 Pelham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60499/pelham/topic/community