15.2% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bambaroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bambaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Bambaroo, where 16% of residents provide support to others. While volunteer numbers are slightly above the national figure, the area stands out for its high levels of unpaid housework and caregiving compared to the rest of Queensland.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people in Bambaroo volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 16% of people doing so, well above the 11.9% national figure. This is consistent with 24.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, although the 15.2% of people caring for children is far below the national average of 26.3%.
16.0% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
No one in Bambaroo has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bambaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30136/bambaroo/topic/community