20.3% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biddeston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biddeston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines the community spirit in Biddeston. About 20.3% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.3% of people in Biddeston volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 9.7% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.7% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Biddeston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30246/biddeston/topic/community