12.0% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilsonton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilsonton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 4.2% of people in Wilsonton have served in the Defence Force. While veteran presence is strong, other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering, are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national rate at 22.2%, and housework is also less common. However, 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
13.5% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.2%, which is higher than in most similar areas and 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 Wilsonton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33087/wilsonton/topic/community