26.2% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watsonville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watsonville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement set Watsonville apart from most similar areas. More than a quarter of residents volunteer their time, and there is a notably strong presence of people who have served in the Defence Force. This suggests a community with a high level of civic duty and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of people giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more frequent here than in most areas, with 27.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, while unpaid childcare and general care rates sit around the national average.
12.1% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Watsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33008/watsonville/topic/community