14.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buaraba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buaraba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 14.2% of people in Buaraba provide unpaid care. This reflects a community where residents are more likely to support others in the home compared to most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure at 14.2%. Meanwhile, 23% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the national rate of 20.7%.
14.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Buaraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30400/buaraba/topic/community