20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Watton volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area, though other forms of unpaid work and service vary significantly compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.5% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people do a lot of housework, as 34.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid chores, which is far above the national figure. Meanwhile, 25% provide unpaid childcare, while 9.1% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below both the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Watton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14213/watton/topic/community