19.3% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bemerside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bemerside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Bemerside involves a high level of unpaid work and community contribution. Around 19.3% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, a rate that is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid duties, with 34.9% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 31.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average.
13.2% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 34.9%
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 number of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.2% of the population having served, a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Bemerside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30228/bemerside/topic/community