19.7% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Indooroopilly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Indooroopilly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Indooroopilly sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though it stands out for its high volunteer rates. Nearly one in five residents gives their time to help others, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of people in Indooroopilly volunteer, which is 5.6 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare—similar to the rest of the country—the area has a much lower rate of people providing general unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework compared to most other areas.
10.1% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average and about the same as the national rate.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31389/indooroopilly/topic/community