17.0% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Withcott · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Withcott
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Withcott are providing unpaid care and support today than in previous years. This is a community where 33.9% of residents look after children without pay, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the state average of 20.7%. This trend extends to general care, as 14.8% provide unpaid support, which is higher than most other areas.
14.8% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served—a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
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 Withcott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33103/withcott/topic/community