13.0% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quorrobolong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quorrobolong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 33% of people in Quorrobolong do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a community where many residents spend a significant amount of time on home-based responsibilities. While unpaid care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children and 33.2% doing heavy housework, both of which are far above the state and national figures. Around 12.6% of people provide other unpaid care, which is slightly above the NSW average.
12.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.2% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 33.2%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Quorrobolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13315/quorrobolong/topic/community