18.1% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pyramid Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pyramid Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local effort is a strong part of daily life in Pyramid Hill, where 18.1% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, although the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian (13.3%) and national (14.1%) rates. However, this is down from 26.4% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here compared to the rest of the country, at just 13.1%. This is a significant drop from 24.1% in 2011, while the share of people providing general unpaid care has barely changed since then.
11.6% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.3% of the population in this group, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Pyramid Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222076/pyramid-hill/topic/community