16.0% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birnam · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birnam
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 40% of people in Birnam provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While this reflects a high level of family support, other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care for the elderly or disabled, are almost non-existent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of the population volunteer their time. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it remains a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is the primary form of unpaid work here, with 40% of people helping out. In contrast, the number of people providing other unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework is far below the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.0% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
No one in Birnam has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas and sits well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Birnam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30263/birnam/topic/community