13.5% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sippy Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sippy Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Sippy Downs is marked by a higher-than-usual number of former Defence Force members and lower rates of unpaid home duties. About 3.6% of the population has served in the military, which is more common here than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.5% of people giving their time, a figure roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are much lower than in most areas. This includes 10.1% providing general unpaid care and 18.3% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are a little below the national figures.
10.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland average.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Sippy Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32574/sippy-downs/topic/community