20.3% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bracewell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bracewell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Bracewell volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is very common. Local life is shaped by high levels of unpaid work, with many residents spending significant time caring for others and their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than elsewhere, with 20.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 19.6% of people providing care—a rate well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes a high number of people caring for children (34.1%) and those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (26.8%).
19.6% ▲ +208.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
About 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Bracewell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30352/bracewell/topic/community