12.1% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bundaberg South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bundaberg South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 19.1% of people in Bundaberg South provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure. This area sees much lower levels of community involvement and unpaid home duties compared to most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 12.1% of residents giving their time, a little below the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few residents spend significant time on home duties; only 16.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, the 11.3% of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
11.3% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Bundaberg South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30423/bundaberg-south/topic/community