16.4% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paringa · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Paringa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Paringa is generally lower than in most similar areas, particularly regarding unpaid care. While 16.4% of people volunteer, this is a significant drop from the 29.2% recorded in 2011. Most residents are not involved in unpaid care or Defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people volunteer their time, which is slightly above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a sharp decline from 2011, when nearly 30% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 9.9% of people providing care. This includes 21.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well below the South Australian average of 26.5%.
9.9% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.7%. This is lower than in most similar areas and sits just below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
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 Paringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415033/paringa/topic/community