6.5% ▼ -76.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilsons Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilsons Pocket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 6.5% of people in Wilsons Pocket volunteer, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is a place where community participation and unpaid care are much lower than in most other areas. However, a higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas of this type. At 6.5%, this is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, particularly for children, where the 16.1% rate is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, only 9.5% provide general unpaid care and 19.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
9.5% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -52.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas. The 4.2% of residents who served is a little above the Australian average of 2.8% and about the same as the Queensland figure.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Wilsons Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33086/wilsons-pocket/topic/community