38.2% ▲ +77.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paruna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paruna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Paruna volunteer, a rate that is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out as the most prominent feature of local participation, while rates of unpaid care are much lower than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 38.2% of people giving their time. This is far above the 17.0% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than in most areas, with only 8.8% of people providing care and 17.6% caring for children. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework at 20.6% is about the same as the national figure.
8.8% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 3.2% recorded for South Australia and a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Paruna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41119/paruna/topic/community