12.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pentland Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pentland Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Pentland Hills provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While few residents volunteer for community groups, there is a notably higher proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.5% of people providing this care, well above the 26.3% seen across Victoria and Australia. However, the 10.8% who provide other types of unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.8% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
A higher than usual 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the state figure of 2.0%.
3.5%
Higher than 65% 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 Pentland Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22058/pentland-hills/topic/community