28.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pentland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pentland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 28.5% of people in Pentland volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the local spirit, even though other forms of unpaid work are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.5% of residents helping out, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 19.6%, which is well below the national figure. However, 22.9% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a little above the 20.7% seen across the country.
12.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 service is less common in Pentland than in most areas, with 1.4% of people having served, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32295/pentland/topic/community