15.6% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonglepong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wonglepong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure for unpaid work, Wonglepong shows a strong trend of residents contributing to their homes and others. While volunteer rates are modest, a high proportion of people provide unpaid care and a notable number of residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 16.3% of people providing care and 30.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, the 24.6% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.3% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
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 Wonglepong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33126/wonglepong/topic/community