12.0% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Welcome Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Welcome Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Welcome Creek involves a high level of unpaid work and caregiving for others. While formal volunteering is less common here than in other areas, nearly one in five people provide essential unpaid care for family or friends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life here, with 18% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This high level of support is reflected in the 26.3% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
18.0% ▲ +103.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the Queensland and Australian averages.
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 Welcome Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33023/welcome-creek/topic/community