13.5% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sippy Downs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Sippy Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Sippy Downs provide unpaid care compared to most other areas. While 13.5% of residents volunteer, the most striking trend is that the number of people doing so has fallen by 6 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents are volunteers, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is a notable drop from 2011, when 19.6% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. This includes people caring for children (24.9%), those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.3%), and those providing general unpaid care (10.1%), all of which sit a little below state and national levels.
10.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.6%. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.6%
Higher than 70% 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 Sippy Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316011416/sippy-downs/topic/community