16.4% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkes · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Parkes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 16% of people in Parkes volunteer their time, though this is down from 21.4% in 2011. While community giving remains well above the New South Wales figure, other forms of unpaid work and care have also seen a decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 16.4% of residents helping out. This is a little above the national figure, even though it fell 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is lower than most areas. Unpaid care for others stands at 11.8%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell 7.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 20.1%.
11.8% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure.
2.3%
Lower than 62% of federal electorate 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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED134/parkes/topic/community