17.3% ▼ -34.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wongaling Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wongaling Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual give their time to others in Wongaling Beach. While 17.3% of residents volunteer—well above the national figure—this level of community involvement has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, although it has fallen 9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 6.7% of people providing care and 19.6% looking after children unpaid. This is well below both the state and national figures.
6.7% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre 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 Wongaling Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315103/wongaling-beach/topic/community