5.0% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wujal Wujal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wujal Wujal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wujal Wujal involves a very high level of childcare, with nearly 45% of people caring for children without pay. This is far above the national figure and marks a striking contrast to other community activities in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering is uncommon here, with only 5% of residents participating. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While people providing general unpaid care are a little below the national figure at 9%, a huge 44.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare. Interestingly, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the 20.7% typical for Australia.
9.0% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.7% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas, with 4.5% of people having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Wujal Wujal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33171/wujal-wujal/topic/community