16.7% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wynnum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wynnum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A slightly higher rate of volunteering than the state average marks Wynnum, where 16.7% of people give their time to others. This community is more involved in local support and service than the national figure, with a notable number of residents providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 28.9% of people providing it, a figure that is higher than most areas. This sits alongside 12.7% of people providing general unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.7% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Wynnum than in most other areas, with 3.8% of the population having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Wynnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33188/wynnum/topic/community