20.8% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palm Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Palm Beach now volunteer, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This level of community involvement is well above the national average. While fewer people here provide unpaid childcare, a higher proportion of residents spend significant time on housework and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Palm Beach, where 20.8% of people give their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% recorded in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher proportion of residents provide unpaid care (13.7%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (27.9%) compared to the national figures. In contrast, only 19.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.7% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is roughly the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality 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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13143/palm-beach/topic/community