16.4% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buddina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buddina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Average levels of community involvement define Buddina, though it has a higher share of veterans than most similar places. While 16.4% of residents volunteer, other forms of community work like unpaid care are slightly lower than the national norm. It is a balanced area where local participation mostly mirrors state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most other areas. Roughly 11.6% provide unpaid care and 20.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, while 25.4% care for children unpaid, which is a little below the state average.
11.6% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 proportion of people in Buddina have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.5% of residents being veterans.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Buddina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30407/buddina/topic/community