15.4% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weipa · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Weipa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Weipa provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community support and unpaid care are much less common than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national and state figures of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common at 30.5%, but other duties are rare. Only 5.8% of people provide general unpaid care and 16.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below national figures.
5.8% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) 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 Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37300/weipa/topic/community