40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Budgee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Budgee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four in ten people volunteer in Budgee, a figure far above the national rate. This high level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of the area. While volunteering is common, other forms of unpaid care are much less frequent here than in the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Budgee sees a very high level of community spirit, with 40.0% of people volunteering. This is far above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is rare here, with 0.0% of people caring for children or providing other unpaid care. Only 13.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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: 37.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 high proportion of the community has a military connection, with 16.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 3.9% recorded in Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
16.1%
Higher 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 Budgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30409/budgee/topic/community