5.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woorabinda · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Woorabinda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Woorabinda since 2011, but more residents are now providing unpaid care. The area stands out for its high rate of childcare, with 36.2% of people caring for children without pay. This is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.7% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a rate well above the Queensland average—only 5.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far below the national figure. Meanwhile, people providing other unpaid care rose to 10.4% since 2011, though this remains a little below the state and national levels.
10.4% ▲ +79.9%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.3% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population. This is among the lowest for similar areas and is a little below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
1.1%
Lower than 95% 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 Woorabinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37550/woorabinda/topic/community