0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watalgan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watalgan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents provide unpaid labor in Watalgan, with 42.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week. While household chores are common, very few people volunteer for community groups. This creates a contrast where home-based work is frequent but formal volunteering is rare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Watalgan recorded volunteering work in the latest census. This 0.0% rate is among the lowest for similar areas and is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 42.4% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 18.2%.
12.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 42.4%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is common here, with 10.3% of people having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
10.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Watalgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33002/watalgan/topic/community