18.1% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bramston Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bramston Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their spare time helping others in Bramston Beach than in most other areas. This community is marked by a high rate of volunteering and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents giving their time, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—a very high 37.5% do 15 or more hours of housework a week. This is far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
13.1% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
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.
Service to the country is a prominent feature of the area, with 7.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the national rate of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Bramston Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30356/bramston-beach/topic/community