7.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barratta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barratta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Barely 7.5% of people in Barratta volunteer, a figure that sits well below the Queensland and national averages. This gap in community activity is a defining feature of the area, though there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 7.5% of residents helping out. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Queensland average. However, other unpaid work is less common, with only 10.4% providing general care and 13.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework—a figure well below the national average.
10.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.4% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
A much higher share of residents than most areas have served in the Defence Force. At 4.5%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8% and about the same as the state figure.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Barratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30172/barratta/topic/community