16.7% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wavell Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wavell Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One third of people in Wavell Heights provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support is the most prominent feature of the local community's unpaid work and service patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.0% of people provide general unpaid care, a striking 33.3% look after children without pay, which is much higher than most other areas. Meanwhile, 22.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a rate slightly above the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Wavell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33015/wavell-heights/topic/community