18.3% ▼ -41.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Byfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Byfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of residents in Byfield now volunteer their time, a figure that has grown to be well above the national average. This community shows a strong tilt towards helping others and managing homes, though it has a lower rate of former military service than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 27.9% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on it, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 9.9% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most other areas.
9.9% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Only 1.2% of people in Byfield have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates for Queensland and Australia.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Byfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30467/byfield/topic/community