16.6% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pakenham Upper · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pakenham Upper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of unpaid care than the state average defines Pakenham Upper. While 16.6% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is the heavy burden of home and family duties compared to the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.6% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, as 31.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to family care, with 34.1% caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average.
16.2% ▲ +62.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of people having served, a figure about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Pakenham Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22029/pakenham-upper/topic/community