10.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Baroondah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Baroondah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid work and volunteering in Baroondah than in the rest of the state. Only 10.2% of the population volunteer, a figure well below the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%. This low level of community activity extends to unpaid care and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Baroondah are much lower than in most similar areas, sitting at 10.2% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people providing this support. This is far below the 11.9% national average, and similarly, the 12.2% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
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.
12.2% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% —
Lower than 86% 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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with 0.0% of people having served. This is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Baroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30170/baroondah/topic/community