35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Branch Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Branch Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Branch Creek now volunteer, marking a significant community effort. This spirit of service is paired with high rates of unpaid work at home, though no residents currently provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.7% of people helping out. This is far above the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, as 17.9% of people provide care and 35.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both figures far above the national average. In contrast, no one in the area provides unpaid childcare.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
Defence service is rare in this area, with 0.0% of people having served. This is well below the Queensland rate 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 Branch Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30357/branch-creek/topic/community