16.8% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biggenden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biggenden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Biggenden involves a strong commitment to helping others and serving the country. While 16.8% of the community volunteers, the most striking figure is the 5.5% of residents who have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are slightly higher than the state and national figures of 14.1%, with 16.8% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of Australia, where the figure is 26.3% against just 12.4% in Biggenden. However, about 12.4% provide other types of unpaid care, and 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.4% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
Military service is common here, with 5.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 3.9% and 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Biggenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30248/biggenden/topic/community