21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattlebank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattlebank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people give their time to others in Wattlebank than in most other parts of the country. Community spirit is high here, with a striking 21.3% of residents volunteering and a very high proportion of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Wattlebank, where 21.3% of people help out. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 24.6% of people providing support—a figure far above the national average of 11.9%. About 23% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is a little above the national figure.
24.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere. Around 9.4% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Wattlebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33012/wattlebank/topic/community