19.5% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Penguin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Penguin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a steady part of life in Penguin, with high rates of unpaid work and volunteering. Nearly one in five people give their time to volunteer, and a significant number of residents provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of people in Penguin volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with a higher than usual 14.5% of residents providing unpaid care for others.
14.5% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
A higher than average 4.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60501/penguin/topic/community