24.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyandra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyandra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in Wyandra volunteer, which is far more than the national figure. This strong spirit of community service stands out in a place where other forms of unpaid work and military service are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 9.2% of people providing unpaid care and 15.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Only 20% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the Queensland figure 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 Wyandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33182/wyandra/topic/community