12.4% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Urangan - Wondunna · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Urangan - Wondunna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have stepped up to volunteer in Urangan - Wondunna since 2011, with the rate falling by 4.9 percentage points. While community help has dipped, the area has a notably high number of people who have served in the Defence Force. It is a place where unpaid care for others is more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people volunteer here, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in this area; 14.1% of people provide care, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 23.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%, though far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
14.1% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.2% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.2%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Urangan - Wondunna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319041521/urangan-wondunna/topic/community