17.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waugh Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waugh Pocket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of residents in Waugh Pocket provide unpaid help and serve their country compared to national trends. While 17.5% of people volunteer, the area stands out for its high rates of home-based work and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people giving their time, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 35% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (10%) or providing other unpaid care (0%) are far below state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 35.0%
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 strongly represented in Waugh Pocket, where 9.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
9.5%
Higher than 95% 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 Waugh Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33014/waugh-pocket/topic/community