11.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barringha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barringha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of housework define community life in Barringha, where 30.2% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This figure is well above both the Queensland and national rates. While housework is common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of people in Barringha volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national average at 20.8%. However, people providing any form of unpaid care sit a little above the national figure at 13.2%.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 Barringha has 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 Barringha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30174/barringha/topic/community