19.8% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Penguin · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Penguin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Penguin give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of helping out defines daily life here, with local participation in unpaid work and care higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown to 19.8% since 2011, a figure that is a little above the Tasmanian average and significantly higher than the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care and 25.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are higher than most areas. In contrast, the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen since 2011 to 23.8%.
14.0% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
About 3.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the state average and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/community