10.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paradise
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 42.9% of people in Paradise provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above both the state and national levels. While many residents are busy with these home responsibilities, the area has a much lower rate of volunteering than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents are heavily involved in home life, with 32.1% doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the high rate of unpaid childcare, though no one in the area reports providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
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 Paradise has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure 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 Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22033/paradise/topic/community