19.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quipolly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quipolly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 19.1% of people in Quipolly volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit stands in contrast to very low rates of unpaid caregiving in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well above both the state and national figures, with 19.1% of the population giving their time, placing Quipolly around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas; only 7.5% of people provide unpaid care and 18.5% care for children, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
About 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Quipolly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13313/quipolly/topic/community