13.3% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parramatta Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parramatta Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Parramatta Park than in most other areas, with only 6% of residents doing so. This is well below the national figure. Most of the community's participation is measured by a small number of veterans and volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 14% of people caring for children and 10.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are far below the state and national averages.
6.0% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.0% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.9% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
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.
Around 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure and just a little below the Queensland average.
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 Parramatta Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32279/parramatta-park/topic/community