16.0% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pyalong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pyalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid work and care define Pyalong compared to most similar areas. While 16% of people volunteer, the area is most notable for the high proportion of residents providing unpaid support to others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 16.7% of people providing unpaid care—well above the 11.9% national figure. This is consistent with 27% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
16.7% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
About 3.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Pyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22129/pyalong/topic/community