10.1% ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Ripley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Ripley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 44.8% of people in South Ripley provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national rate. While many residents are heavily involved in family care, they are much less likely to volunteer in the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common here, with 44.8% of people doing so, though this is alongside a much lower rate of general unpaid caregiving at 8.4%. About 21% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.4% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.8% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 very common in South Ripley, with 9.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national average.
9.9%
Higher than 96% 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 South Ripley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32598/south-ripley/topic/community