16.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benaraby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Benaraby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare and housework mark Benaraby compared to most other areas. While 16.8% of people volunteer, the most striking feature is the heavy share of residents managing home and family duties, with 32.4% providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.8% of people giving their time. This is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia, which both sit at 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area; 32.4% of people care for children and 29.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. In contrast, the 11.5% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.5% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having this experience. This is about the same as the 3.9% across Queensland.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Benaraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30230/benaraby/topic/community