46.1% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bunya Mountains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bunya Mountains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost half of all residents in Bunya Mountains volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where 46.1% of people give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 46.1% of residents pitching in. This is 32 percentage points higher than the figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is slightly lower than the national figure at 23.6%, far more people provide other types of unpaid care. At 18.0%, this is well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
18.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 than usual 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Bunya Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30439/bunya-mountains/topic/community