13.6% —
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) has remained steady, with 13.6% of people volunteering. This is about the same as the national figure, though the area sees a much higher proportion of people providing unpaid childcare than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and just a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 29.5% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the area has some of the lowest rates of people providing general unpaid care (5.8%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.3%).
5.8% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% —
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
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 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and slightly below the state and national rates.
2.3%
Lower than 68% of state electorate 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 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54403/pilbara/topic/community