24.2% ▼ -42.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pyramid Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pyramid Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Pyramid Hill volunteer their time, which is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the local area. However, far fewer residents are involved in unpaid childcare compared to typical Victorian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 24.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 15.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.6% of the population provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower 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 Pyramid Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22130/pyramid-hill/topic/community