12.6% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkinson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkinson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 33% of people in Parkinson provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of family care stands out as the most common form of community contribution in the area, though other types of volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While childcare is very common, other unpaid work is less frequent; 11.3% provide general unpaid care and 20.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are lower than most areas.
11.3% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Parkinson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32274/parkinson/topic/community