12.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Windaroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Windaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Windaroo than in most similar areas. While 31.6% of residents care for children without pay, this high level of family support sits alongside a lower rate of community volunteering compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here, with 31.6% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Meanwhile, 12.1% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
12.1% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Windaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33091/windaroo/topic/community