10.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wetheron · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wetheron
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13.9% of people in Wetheron have served in the Defence Force, which is far higher than the national figure. While military service is common, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care vary widely across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas at 18.4%, though this contrasts with a far lower rate of people caring for children unpaid (15.8%). Meanwhile, 23.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Military service is very common here, with 13.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, far exceeding the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.9%
Higher 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 Wetheron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33053/wetheron/topic/community