18.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benair · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Benair
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Benair spend a significant amount of time on unpaid housework. This reflects a strong culture of home-based work and community support in the area, with volunteering rates well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 35.4% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week—a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. While 27.4% care for children unpaid, the 8.8% who provide other unpaid care is well below the national figure.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.4%
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 share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Benair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30229/benair/topic/community