24.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palmwoods · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palmwoods
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to the community in Palmwoods (NSW) than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteer, and a striking 43.9% provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, as 43.9% care for children and 29.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
12.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.9% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
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, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13150/palmwoods/topic/community