20.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wolvi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wolvi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 20% of people in Wolvi volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a community with a strong tradition of helping out, seen in both formal volunteering and high rates of unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a higher than usual 14.2% of people providing unpaid care. Meanwhile, 26.7% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.2% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Wolvi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33112/wolvi/topic/community