43.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pennyroyal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pennyroyal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 43% of people in Pennyroyal volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community work. This high level of engagement is far above the national figure and defines the local spirit of participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 43% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and among the highest rates for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and childcare are common here, with 32.3% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. Meanwhile, 29% provide unpaid child care, which is a little above the national average.
11.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 32.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate 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 Pennyroyal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22055/pennyroyal/topic/community