8.2% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bakers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bakers Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Bakers Creek provide unpaid child care, which is a little above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This is among the lowest rates for any similar area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 29.1%, though other duties are less frequent. The 9.4% who provide general unpaid care and the 17.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework are both a little below the national figures.
9.4% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Force veterans make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30119/bakers-creek/topic/community