25.5% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quorn · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Quorn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Quorn volunteer and provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. While 25.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the South Australian rate, this level of community involvement has fallen since 2011. This high rate of unpaid support defines the local community's participation patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in four people volunteer here, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. However, this has dropped by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common, with 15.2% of people providing such support, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are much fewer than in most areas, at 17.2%.
15.2% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 5.1% of residents having served.
5.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL421034/quorn/topic/community