14.0% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35.7% of people in Parkhurst provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents focus on family care, other forms of community involvement and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14.0% of people helping out, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 35.7%, though this is offset by lower rates of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework per week.
11.8% ▲ +48.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average and just below the Queensland figure.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Parkhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32273/parkhurst/topic/community