15.0% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Pirie · Urban Area
Community Participation in Port Pirie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered or looked after children unpaid in Port Pirie since 2011. While 15% of residents still give their time to volunteer work, others are more likely than most people across the country to provide unpaid care or do significant housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 3.9 percentage points since 2011 to 15%. This is about the same as the national figure, though it sits a little below the South Australian average of 17%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people are caring for children unpaid compared to most areas, at 23.1%. However, more residents provide general unpaid care (13.4%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (22.4%) than the national average.
13.4% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
About 3.1% of the population in Port Pirie have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 53% of urban area 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 Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4006/port-pirie/topic/community