10.8% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baringa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baringa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 42% of people in Baringa provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high rate of family care stands out in a community where other forms of volunteering and unpaid service are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 42% of people care for children unpaid—one of the highest rates for this level—those providing other types of unpaid care are fewer at 9.7%, which is a little below the national figure. About 20.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, matching the state and national average.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% 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.
Around 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Baringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30159/baringa/topic/community