25.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birdsville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birdsville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Birdsville than in most other areas. About 25.5% of the population gives their time to help others, which is 11 percentage points above the Queensland and Australian figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people here volunteer, a rate that is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 5.1% of people providing unpaid care and 8.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far below the Queensland and national figures.
5.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.2% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 4.1% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Birdsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30259/birdsville/topic/community