19.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pialligo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pialligo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Pialligo give their time as volunteers, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This community spirit is reflected in daily life through a strong commitment to unpaid work and service. While fewer people here care for children compared to other areas, the general drive to help others remains high.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average but well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.8% of people doing so. However, those caring for children unpaid (20%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.3%) are both well below the national and territory figures.
14.8% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Around 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average but well below the ACT rate of 6%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Pialligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80111/pialligo/topic/community