16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bamboo Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bamboo Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Bamboo Creek than in most other areas, with only 3.9% doing so. While some residents are active in the community, others spend significant time on home duties. This creates a unique balance of service and domestic work within the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A small 3.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. However, 28.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours on unpaid housework, well above the 20.7% seen in the state and nation.
3.9% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.9% of the population having served, slightly above the 2.8% national figure.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Bamboo Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30138/bamboo-creek/topic/community