10.6% —
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quakers Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Quakers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly one in three people in Quakers Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents are busy with home and family duties, a much smaller proportion now spends their time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 6.7 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33% of people provide unpaid childcare, far exceeding the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 23.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is higher than most areas.
9.7% —
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 Force veterans make up 1.2% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Quakers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021563/quakers-hill/topic/community