19.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parkside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Parkside volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area. Most other participation figures remain close to state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 28.1% of people doing so unpaid, which is higher than most areas. However, those spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework are much fewer than in most other places at 19.1%.
12.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.3%
Lower 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 Parkside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41114/parkside/topic/community