18.1% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wishart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wishart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 32.4% of people in Wishart provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. This is a community where a large proportion of residents balance family duties with other activities, including a strong rate of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more frequent than usual; 13% of people care for others, and 23.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are a little above the national average.
13.0% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 seen in 2.4% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure, though it is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Wishart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33102/wishart/topic/community