22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Wattle Grove volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong community spirit is paired with a high rate of people performing unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.4% of residents giving their time, a figure well above both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 17.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is well below the national figure—others are very active at home. A higher than usual 25.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 14.1% provide some form of unpaid care.
14.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33010/wattle-grove/topic/community