14.7% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Wandal have remained steady over the last decade, with 14.7% of residents giving their time. While this is lower than in many other areas, it mirrors the national figure. This community profile is marked by a notably high number of former Defence Force members compared to most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Wandal volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 11.4% of residents providing care and 18.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The 24.4% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the national figure.
11.4% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Wandal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32979/wandal/topic/community