26.1% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bald Knob · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bald Knob
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a defining feature of Bald Knob, where more than a quarter of residents volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is marked by high levels of unpaid support and a strong history of service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of people giving their time. This is much higher than most areas and sits 12 percentage points above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people care for children unpaid (18%) compared to the national figure, others provide significant support. About 33.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 16.5% provide general unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas.
16.5% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8% and about the same as the Queensland figure.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30124/bald-knob/topic/community