8.5% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paralowie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paralowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people in Paralowie volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This suggests a community where residents are less likely to give their time to formal groups compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is among the lowest for similar 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 29.1% of people providing this care, which is a little above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 17.8%.
12.6% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.4%
Lower 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 Paralowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41105/paralowie/topic/community