14.4% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warraber Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Warraber Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people on Warraber Island provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This community sees high levels of unpaid care and work, though formal volunteering is less common than in many other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very common here, with 36.4% of people providing unpaid childcare and 31% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both far above national levels. Additionally, 14.4% of residents provide other unpaid care, a figure that is a little above the national average.
14.4% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +46.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 6.5% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Warraber Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322133/warraber-island/topic/community