19.1% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whitfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Whitfield volunteer, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This highlights a strong community spirit in the area. While volunteering is high, other forms of unpaid work like caregiving are generally lower than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is 5.0 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 10.6% of people provide unpaid care, and 24.9% care for children unpaid, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 26.3%.
10.6% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33065/whitfield/topic/community