18.1% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Picton - West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Picton - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of residents in Picton - West (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support is a key feature of the area, though volunteer rates have dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is 6.9 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 32.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This aligns with the 33.0% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than in most areas.
12.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +76.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
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 little more than the state average of people have served in the Defence Force, accounting for 3.7% of the population.
3.7%
Higher than 55% 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 Picton - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122111/picton-west/topic/community