9.0% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pallamallawa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pallamallawa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.5% of people in Pallamallawa provide unpaid care, a figure that has dropped sharply over the last decade. This small-scale community sees much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid home support compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 6.5 points since 2011 to reach 9.0%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has declined across the board, with those caring for children falling 23 points since 2011 to just 10.5%. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, and the 11.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also well below the Australian average.
10.5% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.5% ▼ -68.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.7% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Pallamallawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122106/pallamallawa/topic/community