9.3% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parafield Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parafield Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 1 in 10 people volunteer in Parafield Gardens, a figure well below the national average. While this shows a low rate of formal volunteering, more residents are involved in unpaid childcare than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 27.6% of people providing care, which is a little above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than in most areas.
12.6% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both South Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower 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 Parafield Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41103/parafield-gardens/topic/community