26.2% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pental Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pental Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Pental Island volunteer their time, making it a remarkably active place. This high level of community spirit is seen across several areas, with many residents providing unpaid care and housework far above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles at home; 32.5% care for children and 30.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national averages. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian figure of 12.9%.
12.7% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Pental Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22057/pental-island/topic/community