25.7% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quorn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quorn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Quorn volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of giving is reflected in high rates of unpaid care and a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.7% of people helping out. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and far above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.0% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 18.5%. About 23.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average.
15.0% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Service to the country is more frequent here than in most places, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Quorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41233/quorn/topic/community