14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wattle Ridge has remained steady, with local participation rates mirroring national trends. While few people here have served in the military, the area is marked by a very high number of people providing unpaid care compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but almost exactly the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 19% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, this is contrasted by a much lower rate of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of Australia.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33011/wattle-ridge/topic/community