14.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willow Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willow Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 34% of people in Willow Vale provide unpaid childcare. This high rate of family support defines the local community's contribution, while other forms of volunteering and service remain closer to national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 34% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—those providing other types of unpaid care are fewer than in most areas at 10.5%. Around 23.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
10.5% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Willow Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33078/willow-vale/topic/community