19.6% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bungundarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bungundarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back is a common part of life in Bungundarra, where 19.6% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also sees a high number of people taking on unpaid care roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer their time here. This rate is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, with 29.8% caring for children and another 29.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the national average. This trend is consistent with the 13.5% of people who provide general unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. About 4.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Bungundarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30434/bungundarra/topic/community