12.0% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Ipswich
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define West Ipswich compared to similar areas. While only 12% of people volunteer, the area stands out for its high number of residents providing unpaid care and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12% of residents giving their time, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 19% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the 11.9% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, 23.9% care for children unpaid and 20.2% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
19.0% ▲ +74.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common in West Ipswich than in most similar areas, with 5.5% of people having served, a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 West Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33037/west-ipswich/topic/community