10.6% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
White Rock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in White Rock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in White Rock provide unpaid childcare, the most common form of community contribution here. While many help out with children, other forms of volunteering and unpaid work are less frequent than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 24.6%, though this is a little below the national average. In contrast, the 17.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.2% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served.
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 White Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33062/white-rock/topic/community