29.5% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Porcupine Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Porcupine Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted since 2011, with Porcupine Ridge now seeing nearly 30% of residents volunteering. This is far above the national figure, marking the area as a place where people give a lot of their time to others. Local activity is high, though the types of unpaid work vary.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 30% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the share of people caring for children is well below the national figure of 26.3%, far more residents spend 15 or more hours on housework than in most areas. About 12.4% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 6.7%, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Porcupine Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22101/porcupine-ridge/topic/community