13.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wonbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Wonbah have shifted their habits of community involvement since 2011, though the area remains marked by a high level of unpaid work. While volunteering is low, about 21% of the population provides unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people in Wonbah volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 35.1% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 20.8% provide general unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children is among the lowest at this level at 13%.
20.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
Military service is more common in Wonbah than in most other areas, with 5.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Wonbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33116/wonbah/topic/community