20.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palm Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palm Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Palm Grove, where 20.7% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents are far more likely to give their time to the community and provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people provide unpaid care, with 19.5% doing so, which is well above the national figure. While 31.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the state average—the 15.9% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average.
19.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13144/palm-grove/topic/community