22.6% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Witta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Witta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Witta do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure. This is a community where residents contribute a high level of unpaid effort to their homes and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 14.6% of residents provide unpaid care and far fewer care for children than the national average, a huge 32.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.6% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of people having served, slightly above the 3.9% figure for Queensland.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Witta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33105/witta/topic/community