11.8% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Para Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Para Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Para Hills has shifted over the last decade, with a notable trend towards unpaid care. While only 11.8% of people volunteer, more residents are providing unpaid support to others compared to national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11.8%, the rate is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Para Hills provide unpaid care than is typical across Australia, with 14.2% assisting others. This includes 27.9% of residents caring for children, which is a little above the national figure.
14.2% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for areas of this type. About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Para Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41096/para-hills/topic/community