18.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Panton Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Panton Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 19% of people in Panton Hill volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This level of community involvement is higher than most similar areas and has grown since 2011. It marks a strong trend of local participation across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and has risen by 1.8 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 25.1% care for children unpaid, those providing other unpaid care are at 11.1%, which is much lower than most areas.
11.1% ▲ +80.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +160.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +306.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Panton Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222068/panton-hill/topic/community