14.8% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bilinga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bilinga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Bilinga than in most similar areas. This trend is seen across the board, from looking after children to helping with housework. Roughly 14.8% of the community volunteers, which is about the same as the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Bilinga sit at 14.8%, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 18.7% of people caring for children and 16.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well below the national average. General unpaid care is also a little below the national figure at 10.5%.
10.5% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure and around the middle for similar areas.
2.8%
Higher 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 Bilinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30250/bilinga/topic/community