18.6% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paynesville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Paynesville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local residents are far more likely to contribute their time to others than those in most similar areas, making Paynesville a highly active community. About 18.6% of people here volunteer, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people helping out. This rate is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than usual, as 15.5% of people provide such support and 27.5% do 15 or more hours of housework. Interestingly, the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure at 14.3%.
15.5% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +69.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served. This is well above the 2.8% national average.
6.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre 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 Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215068/paynesville/topic/community