10.2% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willowbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willowbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A standout shift in Willowbank is the high number of former service members, with 12.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. While this community is very active in providing unpaid care, it sees much lower rates of general volunteering than other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.2% of people in Willowbank volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.1% of people caring for children, a little above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Around 22.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 12.7% provide other unpaid care.
12.7% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 12.4%, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
12.4%
Higher 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 Willowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33079/willowbank/topic/community