9.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waterloo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Waterloo provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. While few residents volunteer, there is a strong presence of people performing unpaid home duties and former Defence Force members. This suggests a community focused heavily on family and home responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.4% of people volunteer here, which is well below the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common, with 18.1% of residents providing unpaid care and 26.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the 22.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 slightly higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to the rest of the country, with 5.3% of the population having served.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Waterloo
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33006/waterloo/topic/community