42.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Qualco · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Qualco
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 42.5% of people in Qualco volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands in stark contrast to the very low rates of unpaid care and housework seen across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 42.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas. Only 10.0% of people provide unpaid care or spend 15 or more hours on housework, and the 17.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
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 Qualco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41231/qualco/topic/community