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Waterford · State Electorate

Community Participation in Waterford

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Only 10.2% of people in Waterford volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. While community volunteering is low, more people here provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas. This suggests a community where support is focused more on the family than on wider public organisations.

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📍 Waterford, State Electorate

Where Waterford sits — Volunteers

10.2% —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Waterford — lower than 84% of areas.

Waterford10.2%
Greater Brisbane 13.8%
Queensland 14.1%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteering rates are much lower than in most other areas, with only 10.2% of residents helping out, which is nearly 4 percentage points below the national figure.

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10.2% —

Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Childcare is a primary focus here, as 27.4% of people provide unpaid care for children—a rate higher than most areas. In contrast, the 18.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other places.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

Defence service is slightly less common here than in other areas, with 2.5% of the population having served, which is a little below the Queensland figure.

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 Waterford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30091/waterford/topic/community