16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whetstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whetstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care shape daily life in Whetstone, where a significant number of people support others in their homes. This is especially true for childcare, with 32.2% of residents providing unpaid care for children, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people in Whetstone volunteer their time, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 16.9% of residents provide care and 32.2% look after children, both well above the national figures. However, only 10.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far below the Australian average of 20.7%.
16.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.2% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Whetstone has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate 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 Whetstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33058/whetstone/topic/community