16.4% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bridgeman Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bridgeman Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Bridgeman Downs involves a high level of family and community commitment. Around 32% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This strong focus on home and family is paired with a healthy rate of local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 32% of people caring for children and 24.1% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the state average at 12.7%.
12.7% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.2% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Bridgeman Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30369/bridgeman-downs/topic/community