21.1% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paraparap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paraparap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Paraparap do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly active community where many residents dedicate their time to helping others and managing their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 32.3% care for children and 39.1% spend significant time on housework, both well above state and national levels. Meanwhile, 12.8% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.8% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate 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 Paraparap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22035/paraparap/topic/community