21.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paaratte · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paaratte
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 21% of people in Paaratte volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out against other local data, particularly in the area's low rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 21.4% of residents volunteer their time, a figure well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about a quarter of people provide unpaid childcare, 0% of the population provides other types of unpaid care. Only 10.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 national rate of 2.8%.
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 Paaratte [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22025/paaratte/topic/community