8.8% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bahrs Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bahrs Scrub
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists in how residents of Bahrs Scrub engage with their community compared to the rest of the state. While many people here take on unpaid childcare, very few participate in formal volunteering. This creates a profile where home-based responsibilities are much more common than community-based activity.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people in Bahrs Scrub volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This rate is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 34.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. However, other unpaid work is less common, as the 10.2% providing general unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.2% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Bahrs Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30116/bahrs-scrub/topic/community