23.4% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barmoya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barmoya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of Barmoya residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong community spirit is matched by a high number of people managing homes and children, though few residents provide care for the elderly or disabled.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of people in Barmoya volunteer, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% recorded for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household duties are common here, with 34.4% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare is also much higher than most areas at 31.3%, while those providing other unpaid care are among the lowest at 4.7%, which is well below the 11.9% national average.
4.7% ▼ -70.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 one in Barmoya has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Barmoya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30166/barmoya/topic/community