13.9% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bundaberg · Urban Area
Community Participation in Bundaberg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 23% of people in Bundaberg provide unpaid childcare, though this is well below the national figure. The area shows a strong presence of former and current service members and a growing number of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 13.9% since 2011, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is much lower than in most areas, more people in Bundaberg provide general unpaid care and do 15 or more hours of housework than the national average.
13.5% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population having served.
4.4%
Higher than 82% of urban area 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 Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3003/bundaberg/topic/community