30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whichello · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whichello
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Seventy per cent of people in Whichello do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This high level of home-based work is part of a broader pattern of strong community and family contribution in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30% of people giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family and care duties are a major part of life in Whichello. Around 45% of people provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%, and 40% look after children unpaid.
45.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
70.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 70.0%
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 area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar 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 Whichello [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33059/whichello/topic/community