21.8% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Penna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Penna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 21.8% of people in Penna volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is very active in providing unpaid support to others, both through formal volunteering and care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and significantly higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 20.2% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This high level of support extends to housework, as 25.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, which is well above the Australian average.
20.2% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Penna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60502/penna/topic/community