15.1% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Pirie · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Port Pirie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A notable drop in volunteering is the main story for Port Pirie, where only 15.1% of people now give their time to a cause. This is a significant fall from the 23.7% recorded in 2011, leaving the area with lower participation rates than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Port Pirie has fallen by 8.6 percentage points since 2011. The current rate is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, though it remains about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people are caring for children unpaid compared to the rest of the state and country, falling to 23.1% since 2011. However, the number of people providing other types of unpaid care rose to 13.4%, which is a little above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 62% 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 Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413005/port-pirie/topic/community