19.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palmers Channel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palmers Channel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people volunteer in Palmers Channel, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community shows a high level of activity both in formal volunteering and unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate is 19.4%, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 16.3% of people provide unpaid care and 28.6% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national levels. About 25.5% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
16.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 3% of the population, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Palmers Channel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13146/palmers-channel/topic/community