27.1% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Perenjori · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Perenjori
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Perenjori since 2011, though it remains a place where community contribution is very high. Over a quarter of the population still gives their time to others, a figure that is far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 38.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the share of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell sharply since 2011 to 11.4%, a level well below the state average.
15.0% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.4% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8%.
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 Perenjori [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522054/perenjori/topic/community