14.2% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wangan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average share of people provide unpaid care in Wangan (L), where 15.6% of residents help others. This stands out as the most striking community feature, while other forms of participation like volunteering have declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common at 15.6%, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week fell to 18.7%, a figure much lower than most areas.
15.6% ▲ +73.1%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
Only 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Wangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321108/wangan/topic/community