21.7% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pemberton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pemberton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Pemberton have stepped up to volunteer since 2011, while those performing unpaid childcare and housework have dropped. This shift highlights a community where 21.7% of residents now give their time to volunteer work, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and is well above the 14.1% national figure, having risen 3.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has fallen sharply to 19.2%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 28.5%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell 11 points since 2011 to 17.7%.
10.9% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 higher proportion of people in Pemberton have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.3%, this is a little above both the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
5.3%
Higher than 82% 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 Pemberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521042/pemberton/topic/community