9.8% ▼ -52.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bamaga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bamaga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Bamaga provide unpaid childcare than in most similar areas, though other forms of community involvement are less common. About 36.5% of residents care for children without pay, which is a striking figure compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—far above the Australian average of 26.3%—those doing 15 or more hours of housework are among the lowest in the country at 12.6%. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the state and national figures at 8.9%.
8.9% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.6% ▼ -59.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 service is common here, with 7.1% of residents having served, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30135/bamaga/topic/community