18.4% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Back Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Back Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines the community spirit in Back Plains. While 18.4% of people here volunteer, this is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. Most other forms of community service and unpaid care are less common here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas but is well above the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than elsewhere, with 20.7% of people providing this care compared to 26.5% in Queensland. Meanwhile, 12.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.6% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the Queensland figure and a little below the national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Back Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30112/back-plains/topic/community