36.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bauhinia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bauhinia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest in its class for community involvement, Bauhinia has a remarkably active population. A striking 36% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36% of people giving their time. This is 22 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people provide unpaid care for children (32%) and do significant housework, with 24% spending 15 or more hours a week on chores. However, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care, which is far below the national rate of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 much more common here than elsewhere, with 12% of people having served. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
12.0%
Higher 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 Bauhinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30184/bauhinia/topic/community