37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bargunyah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bargunyah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 37.5% of people volunteer in Bargunyah, which is far above the Queensland and national figures. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area. Residents are also much more likely to provide unpaid care for children than people elsewhere in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a third of the population volunteers, a rate far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Over half of residents (54.2%) provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 25% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
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 residents here have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Bargunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30158/bargunyah/topic/community