19.4% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Basalt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Basalt volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where unpaid care and domestic work are much less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is strong in Basalt, with 19.4% of people giving their time. This is 5.3 percentage points higher than the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is far less common here than elsewhere. Only 16.8% of people care for children unpaid and 14.8% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
11.2% ▲ +60.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30180/basalt/topic/community