22.2% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parrakie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parrakie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of local contribution define Parrakie compared to similar areas. A striking 22.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of participation extends into the home, where unpaid childcare and housework are far more common than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Parrakie are well above the state average, with 22.2% of people helping out compared to 17.0% across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here perform unpaid work, with 30.2% caring for children and 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, those providing other forms of unpaid care are among the lowest in the country at just 4.8%.
4.8% ▼ -69.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian average 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 Parrakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41117/parrakie/topic/community