20.0% ▼ -34.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Badu Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Badu Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer on Badu Island, reflecting a strong local commitment to community work. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also sees a very high rate of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.0% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 36.0% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This sits alongside a higher than average 24.9% who do 15 or more hours of housework, though the 9.8% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national average.
9.8% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 higher than usual 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30113/badu-island/topic/community