15.9% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pottsville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pottsville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures for home and family support, Pottsville has a high rate of people providing unpaid care. This community focus is clear in the high number of people looking after children and managing households, though formal volunteering has dipped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is a standout here, with 33.8% of people caring for children unpaid—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with more people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (25.8%) and a rise in those providing general unpaid care to 12.7%.
12.7% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 3.5% of the population. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and about the same as the Australian average.
3.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre 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 Pottsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114025/pottsville/topic/community