17.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baffle Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baffle Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual lend a hand in Baffle Creek, where 17.5% of residents volunteer. This community is notably active in supporting others, with a high number of people providing unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people helping out, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of daily life, as 36.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.6% provide general unpaid care, only 5.1% care for children, which is far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 36.5%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Baffle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30114/baffle-creek/topic/community