31.1% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quilpie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quilpie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 31.1% of people in Quilpie volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit defines the area, making it one of the most active places for volunteering in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.1% of residents giving their time. This is 17 percentage points higher than the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.0% of people providing such support. Similarly, the 17.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.0% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%, and just a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Quilpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32377/quilpie/topic/community