25.7% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walkamin · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Walkamin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of people volunteer in Walkamin, where 25.7% of residents give their time. This high level of community involvement stands out compared to the rest of Queensland and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in four people volunteer here, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This trend has grown over the last decade, rising 6.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid fell to 22.3%. This is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
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 3.4% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.4%
Lower than 56% 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 Walkamin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322129/walkamin/topic/community