18.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Benarkin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Benarkin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Benarkin volunteer, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While residents are very active in community service, they are far less likely to be providing unpaid childcare or housework than people elsewhere in Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of the community volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas; only 15.1% of people care for children unpaid and just 7.5% provide any unpaid care, both far below the state and national figures.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.4% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 5.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the national average of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Benarkin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30231/benarkin/topic/community