12.2% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wynnum West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wynnum West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Wynnum West provide unpaid care for children, though volunteering is much lower than in most other areas. While 29.3% of residents look after children without pay, only 12.2% of the community spends time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.2%, the rate is a little below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 29.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 11.0% providing general unpaid care and 20.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.0% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33189/wynnum-west/topic/community