20.5% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parap · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Parap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering sets Parap apart from the rest of the territory. About 20.5% of residents give their time to help others, a figure well above the national and territory average of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution has grown steadily since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people in Parap volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas. This rate has risen by 2.3 percentage points over the last decade to reach 20.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 8.1% of people providing care and 15.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Childcare rates are about the same as the national figure at 26.1%.
8.1% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 more common here than in most of the country. Around 5.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 90% 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 Parap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701011007/parap/topic/community