12.3% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bald Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bald Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Bald Hills provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While this highlights a strong focus on family care, the area sees fewer people volunteering for community groups compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 32.2% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
12.7% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 much higher proportion of people in Bald Hills have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 4.4% of the population having served.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Bald Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30123/bald-hills/topic/community