7.6% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Park Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Park Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.6% of people volunteer in Park Ridge, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community volunteering stands in contrast to a higher-than-average number of residents providing unpaid childcare. Overall, participation in unpaid care and service is generally lower than both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 7.6% of residents taking part. This is well below the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is a little above the national figure of 26.3%—other forms of care are less common. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.1%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.2%) are both lower than most areas.
10.2% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
About 2.4% of the community has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Park Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32271/park-ridge/topic/community