16.6% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Parkes than in the state average, with 16.6% of residents giving their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and care, often exceeding national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 27.8% of residents look after children, which is higher than most areas. This is alongside 12.6% of people providing some form of unpaid care, a figure slightly above the state average.
12.6% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13162/parkes/topic/community