27.2% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Penola · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Penola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Penola volunteer, a rate far above both the state and national figures. This high level of community spirit is the standout feature of local participation. While many residents contribute their time to others, other forms of unpaid work follow more typical patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.2% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.5% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
10.7% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population. This is about the same as the 3.2% figure for South Australia and the 2.8% national average.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Penola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41137/penola/topic/community