13.1% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ipswich
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Ipswich involves more people serving in the military than in most other areas. While 4.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, the city has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in other areas; for instance, the 19.7% of people caring for children is well below the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week is well below the national rate.
11.2% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Military service is common in Ipswich, with 4.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31405/ipswich/topic/community