22.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pallarenda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pallarenda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Pallarenda are stepping up to help others compared to the rest of the country. Residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than those in other similar areas. This spirit of service is seen in a community where 22% of people volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22% of people in Pallarenda volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 14% of residents providing general unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
14.0% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
A strong connection to the military is evident in Pallarenda, where 7.9% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Pallarenda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32256/pallarenda/topic/community