13.5% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parklands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parklands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing number of people have stepped up to provide unpaid support in Parklands since 2011. This shift is most evident in childcare, where 30.3% of residents provide unpaid care for children, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 13.5% of people helping out, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher than in most areas at 30.3%. Meanwhile, 11.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, and 21.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.9% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Current and former Defence Force members make up 3.9% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Parklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51208/parklands/topic/community