26.3% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quandialla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quandialla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Quandialla volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community is highly active in giving their time to others, with strong rates of unpaid care and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.3% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 21.1% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 31.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a lower share of the population (21.1%) provides unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
21.1% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 31.6%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. About 6.6% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
6.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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 Quandialla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13303/quandialla/topic/community