17.5% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Pennant Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in West Pennant Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in West Pennant Hills are now doing significant unpaid housework than in 2011, though volunteer rates have dropped. Despite this shift, 17.5% of residents still volunteer, which is well above the national figure. The area shows a strong trend of residents contributing their time to family and community needs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17.5% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, though it has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent here, with 27.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—a figure well above the Australian average. This sits alongside a high number of people providing unpaid care (13.1%) and those caring for children unpaid (27.8%).
13.1% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most other similar areas. This is also a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 West Pennant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/115011296/west-pennant-hills/topic/community