11.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyreema · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyreema
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid childcare stands out in Wyreema, where 37.1% of people care for children. While family duties are common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent compared to similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common here, with 37.1% of people doing so, far above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Unpaid housework is a little more common than the national average at 22.8%, while 11.6% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.1% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
About 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is around the middle for its level and a little below the state average of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Wyreema [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33190/wyreema/topic/community