22.0% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wurdong Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wurdong Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22% of people in Wurdong Heights volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid support and care for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of residents giving their time, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a regular part of life for many, as 14.8% of people provide unpaid care and 26.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures.
14.8% ▲ +62.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Wurdong Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33176/wurdong-heights/topic/community