19.2% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bartle Frere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bartle Frere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Bartle Frere is marked by a high level of unpaid work and community support. Nearly 20% of residents volunteer, and a significant portion of the population spends their time caring for others in the home. This creates a community where domestic and volunteer contributions are more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 31.5% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This trend extends to the home, where 28.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate much higher than the 20.7% seen across Australia.
13.8% ▲ +81.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
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 typical for the region, with 3.1% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Bartle Frere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30178/bartle-frere/topic/community