17.3% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wongaling Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wongaling Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 17% of people in Wongaling Beach volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This suggests a community that is more active in helping others than typical areas across Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.7% of people providing care and just 19.6% caring for children. This is well below the national and state figures, though 22.3% of people still do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
6.7% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure and the 3.9% state average.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Wongaling Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33124/wongaling-beach/topic/community