9.1% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biggera Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biggera Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in community and unpaid work in Biggera Waters compared to most other areas. Only 9.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 9.1% of people giving their time compared to 14.1% across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is also much lower than in most areas. Only 19.3% of people care for children unpaid and 14.9% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.4% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure and around the middle for similar areas.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Biggera Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30249/biggera-waters/topic/community