16.2% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wondai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wondai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wondai has shifted over the last decade, with a now significant number of residents contributing through unpaid work. While volunteering is steady, the area stands out for its high proportion of people providing unpaid care and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a much higher rate of unpaid carers than most places, sitting well above the national figure at 15.8%. While this is high, the proportion of people caring for children is well below the national rate at 17.1%.
15.8% ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, reaching 6.5%, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Wondai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33118/wondai/topic/community