22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Penwortham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Penwortham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Penwortham get involved in their community than in most similar areas. This is most clear in the high rates of volunteering and unpaid care, with 22% of residents giving their time to volunteer causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people helping out. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.5% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 24.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
16.5% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 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 9.9% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
9.9%
Higher than 96% 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 Penwortham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41140/penwortham/topic/community