43.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quellington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quellington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Quellington give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community service is a huge part of daily life. With 43.5% of people volunteering, this area has one of the highest rates for this activity across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 43.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the state rate of 15.9%. This level of involvement is among the highest seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17.4%, and only 13.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well below the national figure. However, 13.0% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a little above the Australian average of 11.9%.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Quellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51274/quellington/topic/community