27.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barambah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barambah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 27% of people volunteer their time in Barambah, making it a place where community spirit is far more common than in most other areas. While local residents are very active in volunteering, they are much less likely to be involved in unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate is far above the national figure of 14.1%, with 27% of residents giving their time to help others.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 10.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the Queensland figure of 26.5%. Similarly, 16.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and no one in the area provides other unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 lower than most areas, with no residents having served in the Defence Force.
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 Barambah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30152/barambah/topic/community