16.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolloongabba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolloongabba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Woolloongabba compared to other areas, reflecting a different rhythm of daily life here. While 16% of the population spends time volunteering, those looking after children or doing heavy housework are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people volunteer here, 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 care is very uncommon in this area; only 12.3% look after children and 6.9% provide general unpaid care, both far below the national figures.
6.9% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.8% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.5%, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Woolloongabba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33144/woolloongabba/topic/community