27.3% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parilla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Parilla volunteer, showing a very high level of community involvement. This spirit of helping out is a standout feature for the area, with volunteering rates far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 19.5% of people provide this support—a figure well above the Australian average of 11.9%. Around 25% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure.
19.5% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Parilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41110/parilla/topic/community