26.7% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyberba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyberba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Wyberba volunteer their time, making it an area where community contribution is far more common than in most other places. This spirit of service is reflected in the high numbers of people providing unpaid care and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a major part of local life, with 26.7% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 18.3% of people doing so, well above the national figure of 11.9%. In contrast, only 11.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
Service to the country is highly represented in Wyberba, as 11.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
11.3%
Higher 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 Wyberba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33184/wyberba/topic/community