14.0% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellcamp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellcamp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wellcamp has remained steady over the last decade, with 14% of residents volunteering. While most local activities match state levels, there is a notably low rate of unpaid care and a higher presence of former service members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14% of people in Wellcamp volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas; only 15.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the rates of people providing unpaid care and doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the state and national averages.
7.3% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.3% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Wellcamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33024/wellcamp/topic/community