20.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolmer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolmer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of residents in Woolmer provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. Half of the population cares for children without pay, and volunteering is also much more common here than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a strong feature of the area, with 20.6% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Half of the residents provide unpaid childcare, a rate far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This high level of family care is consistent with more people doing heavy housework, while the 8.8% who provide other types of unpaid care is well below the national figure.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Woolmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33146/woolmer/topic/community