17.3% ▼ -48.1%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pinjarra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pinjarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering has been the main shift in Pinjarra since 2011. While 17.3% of people still volunteer—which is well above the national figure—this is 16 percentage points lower than it was a decade ago. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care, remain more steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Pinjarra volunteer, a figure that is a little above the Western Australian average and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.5% of people providing care, which is a little above the state and national figures. This is alongside 24.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
More people in Pinjarra have served in the Defence Force than in most other similar areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 68% 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 Pinjarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515030/pinjarra/topic/community