11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangaratta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wangaratta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in local life is evident in Wangaratta (Qld), where unpaid care roles have become a dominant feature of the community. While volunteering is less common here than in other areas, the pressure of home-based care is exceptionally high, with nearly 35% of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are a major part of life here, with 42.3% of people caring for children unpaid—a figure far above the 26.3% national average. This aligns with other home-based work, as 34.6% of residents provide unpaid care or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both far above the figures for Queensland.
34.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
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 rate that is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32982/wangaratta/topic/community