20.0% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birkalla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birkalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of community involvement defines Birkalla, where volunteers are far more common than in most other areas. About 20% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people in Birkalla volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.3% of people providing such care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside 26.7% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
16.3% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 in Birkalla than in most areas, with 3.9% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Birkalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30260/birkalla/topic/community