14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ingoldsby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ingoldsby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all adults in Ingoldsby provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of caregiving is a defining feature of the area's community life. Other participation is more typical for the region, though there is a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 22.4% of people providing unpaid care and 30.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national averages. This is most evident in childcare, where 46.9% of people provide unpaid care—far above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
22.4% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.1% of residents having served, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Ingoldsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31393/ingoldsby/topic/community