32.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weengallon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Weengallon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Weengallon than in most similar areas. About 32.4% of residents give their time to help others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.4% of people pitching in, a figure that is 18 points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas. Only 8.8% of people provide unpaid care and 14.7% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Weengallon has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Weengallon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33019/weengallon/topic/community