11.7% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walkervale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walkervale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Walkervale compared to similar areas. While only 11.7% of the community volunteers, a significant number of residents provide essential unpaid support to others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. At 11.7%, the rate is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in similar areas, with 15.2% doing so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 27.3% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate higher than most areas.
15.2% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Walkervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32960/walkervale/topic/community