22.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buckland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 22.5% of people in Buckland volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit stands out against state and national trends. Other forms of unpaid work and service are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Buckland, with 22.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—only 7.5% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
No one in Buckland has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 3.9% of people who have served in Queensland.
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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30406/buckland/topic/community