19.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Wonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Wonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 19% of people in Lower Wonga volunteer their time. This community is more active in volunteering and military service than most other areas in the state. It also sees a higher share of people doing significant housework compared to the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 17.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—more residents do heavy housework. About 27.9% spend 15 hours or more a week on chores, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
13.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas. About 5.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Lower Wonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31696/lower-wonga/topic/community