15.7% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wooloowin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wooloowin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of unpaid care define Wooloowin compared to most similar areas. While 15.7% of people volunteer, the area is most notable for having far fewer residents providing unpaid care and housework than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Wooloowin than in most other areas, with only 7.6% doing so. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also well below the Australian average.
7.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
3.5%
Higher 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 Wooloowin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33149/wooloowin/topic/community