16.4% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellington Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellington Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of residents in Wellington Point provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support defines the local community, where people are also more likely to have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 30.2% of people providing this care, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
13.2% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Wellington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33027/wellington-point/topic/community