23.2% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Porepunkah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Porepunkah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Porepunkah volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the local willingness to help others and take on unpaid work. It is a place where residents are much more likely to give their time to the community than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.2% of the population volunteers, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 28.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 9.7% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.7% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 Force veterans make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little above the 2.0% found across Victoria.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22102/porepunkah/topic/community