22.9% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bardon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bardon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Bardon volunteer their time, making it a highly active place for community work. This spirit of giving extends to the home, where a very high number of residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 34.3% of people providing this care—well above the 26.3% national average. Housework of 15 hours or more is also more common than in most areas, while 11.9% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.9% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 around the middle for its level, with 3.2% of residents having served, a figure about the same as both Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Bardon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30154/bardon/topic/community