48.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyaga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyaga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 34 percentage point gap separates Wyaga from the state and national averages in terms of volunteering. Nearly half of the people here give their time to others, making it one of the most active areas for community work in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Wyaga, where 48.2% of residents help out, a figure far above the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 35.7% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, while 21.4% provide unpaid care and 33.9% care for children, both of which are well above state and national levels.
21.4% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
No one in Wyaga has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Wyaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33180/wyaga/topic/community