10.4% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parmelia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parmelia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Parmelia involves a mix of family duties and service, though few people engage in formal volunteering. Just 10.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of formal community work contrasts with a higher-than-usual presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.1% of residents providing care and 26% caring for children, both of which are around the middle for similar areas. However, the 19.2% of people doing over 15 hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.1% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Parmelia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51210/parmelia/topic/community