19.6% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Indooroopilly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Indooroopilly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas mark Indooroopilly, where nearly one in five people give their time. While 19.6% of residents volunteer, other community activities like unpaid care are less common than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a high rate for the area, even though it has fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much lower than in most areas, with only 10.1% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 26.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
10.1% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 common at a rate of 2.5%, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 58% 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 Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304031094/indooroopilly/topic/community