10.8% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wulkuraka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wulkuraka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33% of people in Wulkuraka provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While many residents are busy with these care roles, the area has a much lower rate of volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here, with 14.2% of people providing unpaid care and 22.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both slightly above the national figures. This is most evident in childcare, where 33% of residents provide unpaid help, well above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.2% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Wulkuraka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33173/wulkuraka/topic/community