16.0% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallangarra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wallangarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Wallangarra have served in the Defence Force, with 8.0% of the population having done so. This level of service is well above the national figure. The area also shows a strong trend toward unpaid care and volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.0% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the Queensland and national figures. This has risen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.8% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 24.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has fallen sharply since 2011 to 18.2%.
18.8% ▲ +42.7%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -55.6%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +1609.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
The 8.0% of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for areas of this level, sitting well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.0%
Higher than 97% 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 Wallangarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322130/wallangarra/topic/community