30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Windera · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Windera volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This makes the area much more active in community work than most other similar places. While many residents give their time to others, far fewer are providing unpaid care for children or the elderly.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.4% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (18.5%) and general unpaid care (5.4%) are both well below the national figures. However, 26.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the 20.7% figure for the state and nation.
5.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Windera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33092/windera/topic/community