12.1% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Parkwood, where only 12.1% of people now volunteer. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure. The data shows a place where a smaller proportion of the population engages in unpaid community or care work compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people in Parkwood volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the 14.1% recorded for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 10.9% of people providing care and 18.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are lower than most areas. This sits alongside 24.4% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure that is around the middle for its level.
10.9% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Parkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32278/parkwood/topic/community