17.4% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biddaddaba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biddaddaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 17.4% of people in Biddaddaba volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is a key part of the local community's character.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life; 14.1% of people provide care, which is a little above the national figure. While 24.8% do over 15 hours of housework weekly—well above the 20.7% national rate—only 20.1% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national average.
14.1% ▲ +53.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.7%. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Biddaddaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30245/biddaddaba/topic/community