11.1% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wheatvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wheatvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer residents in Wheatvale contribute their time to community or home-based support compared to most similar areas. Only 11.1% of the population volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with 11.1% of people helping out, which is 3 percentage points below both the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work in the home is uncommon here; only 5.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, far below the 20.7% seen across Australia. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 18.5%.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.6% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Wheatvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33057/wheatvale/topic/community