46.6% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pleasant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pleasant Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Pleasant Hills volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of engagement is seen across the board, from volunteering to providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 46.6% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 26.2% of people providing care—a figure far above the national average of 11.9%. This includes 28.2% who care for children and a similar proportion who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
26.2% ▲ +87.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Pleasant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13240/pleasant-hills/topic/community