16.4% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parrearra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parrearra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 4.4% of people in Parrearra have served in the Defence Force. This small community shows a steady level of civic engagement and support, with volunteer rates sitting slightly above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 11.9% of people provide unpaid care—about the same as the national figure—the proportion of those caring for children is well below the Australian average at 21.3%.
11.9% ▲ +29.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
A notable 4.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Parrearra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32280/parrearra/topic/community