9.1% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Para Hills West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Para Hills West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people than usual lend a hand in the community in Para Hills West, where only 9.1% of residents volunteer. While few locals give their time to organisations, there is a higher than average number of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 9.1%, the rate is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.6% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 24.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, and 18.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are a little below national and state figures.
13.6% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41097/para-hills-west/topic/community