11.2% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Camp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Camp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of veterans than the national figure marks Wattle Camp as a distinct community. While few residents volunteer, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% providing care and 28.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figure. In contrast, the 16.0% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the 26.3% national average.
14.9% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
Military service is far more common here than in most areas, with 6.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Wattle Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33009/wattle-camp/topic/community