16.2% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Parkes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has dropped by 4.7 percentage points since 2011 in Parkes. Despite this fall, 16.2% of people still volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This community remains more active in unpaid work than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is a little above the national average. This is higher than most similar areas, even though volunteering rates have fallen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Parkes provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas, with 27.8% of residents doing so. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide some form of unpaid care, a rate that has barely changed over the last decade.
12.5% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 service is common here, with 2.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/103021067/parkes/topic/community