13.8% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one quarter of people in Parkside provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than in most similar areas. While many residents help out with children, other forms of community support and service are less common here than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 27.7%, a little above the national figure. However, the rates for providing general unpaid care (6.8%) and doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.4%) are both well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
6.8% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure and a little below the Queensland average.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Parkside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32277/parkside/topic/community