10.2% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Queenstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Queenstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.2% of people in Queenstown volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community participation defines the area, where residents are also much less likely to provide unpaid child care or do heavy housework compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 10.2% of people helping out. This is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid care for children (23.0%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (18.7%) compared to most areas. However, the share of people providing general unpaid care is 12.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.9% of residents having served. This is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Queenstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41232/queenstown/topic/community