28.3% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Winton · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Winton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define the community spirit in Winton. While 28.3% of residents give their time to volunteer, the area sees far fewer people engaged in unpaid care work compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 28.3% of people in Winton volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This level of community involvement has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.5% of people providing unpaid care and 20.3% caring for children. These figures are well below the national average, and the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework has dropped significantly since 2011.
7.5% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
About 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 66% 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 Winton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37400/winton/topic/community