15.1% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Parma involves a high level of unpaid work and service to others. A striking 19.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This community is also marked by a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people volunteer here. While this is lower than most similar areas, it is still a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Parma, with 31.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This aligns with the fact that 19.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the state and national levels.
19.7% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.6%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas. Some 6.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Parma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13166/parma/topic/community