21.6% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallumbilla · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wallumbilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Wallumbilla volunteer, a rate well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is highly active in giving their time, though the proportion of volunteers has dropped since 2011. Other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here than in many other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.6% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the Queensland average. However, this is a fall of 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is a significant part of life here, with 16% of people providing such care, well above the national figure. This rose 6.9 percentage points since 2011, even though the proportion of people doing unpaid childcare and housework has fallen.
16.0% ▲ +75.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 2.4% of people in Wallumbilla have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Queensland average.
2.4%
Lower than 78% 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 Wallumbilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322131/wallumbilla/topic/community