13.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bracken Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bracken Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Bracken Ridge provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of local community participation, while other forms of volunteering remain modest.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas. This figure is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here at 31.7%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.7% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, slightly above the state average.
12.7% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.9%, this is about the same as the Queensland rate and a little above the national figure.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Bracken Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30353/bracken-ridge/topic/community