34.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tipton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tipton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high level of local contribution defines daily life in Tipton, where over a third of the population volunteers. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, with more than half of residents providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 34.6% of people helping out, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 53.8% of people provide unpaid care for children, far above the national figure of 26.3%. This aligns with 34.6% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, though no one here provides general unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tipton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32835/tipton/topic/community