20.6% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Penshurst · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Penshurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one fifth of people in Penshurst volunteer, a figure well above the national average. While these community activities remain strong, the number of local volunteers has fallen 19 percentage points since 2011. This highlights a place where people are actively involved in their town despite a downward trend in participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 14.3% provide unpaid care, a little above the national figure, though the share of people caring for children is well below the state average at 19.7%.
14.3% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 Force veterans make up 3.9% of the population, which is around the middle for its level and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.9%
Higher than 59% 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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222069/penshurst/topic/community