16.7% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform unpaid work in Wallu than is typical for the state or nation. While 15.6% of the community provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, this contribution is most visible in the high amount of housework residents undertake.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 31.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, the 17.8% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the 26.3% typical for Australia.
15.6% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 figure well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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).
More for Wallu
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wallu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32969/wallu/topic/community