12.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palmerston City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palmerston City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.7% of people in Palmerston City volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a general trend of low unpaid community work across the district, though there is a notably strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in other parts of the country, with 12.7% of residents pitching in, which is a little below the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care work is very low in Palmerston City, with only 3.8% of people providing care and 5.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are far below the national and Territory averages.
3.8% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.7% ▼ -61.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of residents being veterans. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Palmerston City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70216/palmerston-city/topic/community