24.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellesley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellesley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Wellesley provide unpaid childcare, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active, with many more people volunteering and serving in the Defence Force compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.6% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% recorded across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 49.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for similar areas—those providing other types of unpaid care are well below the national figure at 8.2%.
8.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
49.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
A total of 6.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Wellesley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33025/wellesley/topic/community