23.0% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bardon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bardon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Bardon give their time as volunteers, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong focus on family, with many residents providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.0% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, although it has fallen 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very high at 34.2%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with more people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, while those providing other unpaid care sit around the national average of 11.9%.
11.8% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
A small but notable 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Bardon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305041134/bardon/topic/community