7.2% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bracalba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bracalba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people provide unpaid care in Bracalba, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While many residents focus on these essential home and family duties, very few take part in formal volunteering. This suggests a community where support is largely focused on the household rather than organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.2% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the Queensland and national average of 14.1%. This is among the lowest levels of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common, with 20.5% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the high number of people caring for children (30.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly (27.7%).
20.5% ▲ +111.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A little more than 5.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most areas and sits above both the Queensland (3.9%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Bracalba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30351/bracalba/topic/community