25.2% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 25.2% of people in Parkville volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands in contrast to the very low rates of unpaid care and housework found across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers here, which is much higher than most other areas and more than 11 points above the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people in Parkville perform unpaid care roles; only 11.3% care for children and 7.5% provide general unpaid care, both figures being well below the state and national levels. Similarly, just 9.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far below the Victorian average.
7.5% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.3% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.6% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Parkville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22038/parkville/topic/community