19.0% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parattah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Parattah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local efforts and service shape daily life in Parattah, where 19% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a community that gives its time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly one in five people volunteer in Parattah, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 9.5% of people provide unpaid care, and those caring for children unpaid are well below both the state and national figures.
9.5% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Parattah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60489/parattah/topic/community