5.7% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woorabinda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woorabinda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 36% of people in Woorabinda provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care stands out in a community where other forms of volunteering and service are much less common than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national average of 26.3%—very few do 15 or more hours of housework. Only 5.3% do so, which is far below the 20.7% seen across the country.
10.4% ▲ +79.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.3% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
A little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in most areas, with 1.1% of the population having served compared to 2.8% nationally.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Woorabinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33156/woorabinda/topic/community