50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bymount · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bymount
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of the people in Bymount volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where unpaid care and support are also common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for similar areas at 50%, which is 36 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 60% of people caring for children and 16.7% providing other unpaid care, both of which are well above the national average. However, only 10% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is far below the national figure.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
60.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
No one in Bymount has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Bymount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30468/bymount/topic/community