14.1% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birkdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birkdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Birkdale provide unpaid care for children, which is higher than most similar areas. While this highlights a strong focus on family care, other forms of community involvement like volunteering sit right at the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.1% of people caring for children, which is a little above the national figure of 26.3%. Additionally, 13.1% provide other forms of unpaid care, and 23% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.1% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 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 Birkdale than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Birkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30261/birkdale/topic/community