19.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Queenwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Queenwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Queenwood volunteer and serve in the military than in most other parts of the country. About 20% of the community gives their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This highlights a strong culture of community contribution across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents (19.7%) volunteers, a rate that is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (19.7%) compared to the rest of the state.
9.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 very common here, with 7% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia and ranks among the highest for similar areas.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Queenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51272/queenwood/topic/community