24.2% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pembrooke · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pembrooke
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of community involvement marks Pembrooke than the rest of the state. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteers, and the area shows a much stronger trend of people providing unpaid care compared to national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.2% of people in Pembrooke volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of activity is higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 16.8% of people providing care, well above the 11.9% national figure. This is consistent with much higher rates of people caring for children (33.7%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework a week (28.4%).
16.8% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
No one in Pembrooke has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Pembrooke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13191/pembrooke/topic/community