19.5% ▼ -46.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandoan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandoan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Wandoan has remained steady, with nearly one in five people volunteering. This is well above the national figure and highlights a strong commitment to community activity in the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of people in Wandoan volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the Queensland and national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The community has much lower rates of unpaid work than most areas, with only 8.2% providing unpaid care and 19.3% caring for children, which is well below the national average.
8.2% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in similar areas, with 1.9% of people having served, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Wandoan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32980/wandoan/topic/community