19.9% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Babinda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Babinda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Babinda now give their time to the community than in previous years. Roughly 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of service is also seen in a strong history of military duty.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 20% of people in Babinda volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 14.1% of people providing unpaid care is a little above the national figure, Babinda has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare than the state and national averages.
14.1% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality 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 Babinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30111/babinda/topic/community