14.3% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burdekin · State Electorate
Community Participation in Burdekin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Burdekin is marked by a decline in unpaid work and volunteering. While 14.3% of residents volunteer, this is a drop from 17.2% in 2011. Across the board, fewer people are spending their spare time on unpaid care and housework than in previous years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a decrease of 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people are performing unpaid work here than in most other areas. Only 9.1% provide unpaid care, and the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell by 6.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.2%.
9.1% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of residents having served.
3.4%
Higher than 65% of state electorate 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 Burdekin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30011/burdekin/topic/community