15.4% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Parkes · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Parkes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Parkes provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This reflects a community where child care is a primary way people contribute their time. Other forms of volunteering and service are less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is lower than in most similar areas and has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 27.1% of people providing this care, a figure that rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011. In contrast, the number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell by 5.6 percentage points over the same period.
12.2% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
Defence service is less common in Parkes than in most similar areas, with 2.8% of people having served. This is about the same as the national and state figures.
2.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre 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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114024/parkes/topic/community