19.4% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whiteside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whiteside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer and care rates have shifted in Whiteside, with 19.4% of people now volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also shows a strong trend of people providing unpaid care and support at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people here volunteer, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home activity is consistent with 35.4% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national rate.
13.6% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▲ +31.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.9%, this is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 87% 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 Whiteside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33064/whiteside/topic/community