18.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Pennant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Pennant Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in West Pennant Hills give their time to volunteering, a figure well above the national average. This strong local engagement is reflected in the daily lives of residents, who are also more likely to provide unpaid care and help at home than people across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.0% of people caring for children and 27.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures well above the state and national levels. Around 12.8% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.8% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.6% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 West Pennant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14266/west-pennant-hills/topic/community