25.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wycarbah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wycarbah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Wycarbah volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the high rates of unpaid care and housework performed by residents.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of residents helping out, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, with 51.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, while 29.6% provide some form of unpaid care, which is also well above the state average.
29.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
51.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 51.9%
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, leaving Wycarbah 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 Wycarbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33185/wycarbah/topic/community