9.8% ▼ -74.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bamaga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bamaga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Bamaga involves a high level of family responsibility, with 35.9% of people caring for children unpaid. While child care is common, formal volunteering has dropped sharply over the last decade. This community also has a notably strong history of military service compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of residents now volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a steep decline from 2011, when 38.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is much more common here than in most areas, at 35.9%. In contrast, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the Queensland figure of 20.7%.
9.0% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▲ +36.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
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.
A high 7.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 92% of urban centre 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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315006/bamaga/topic/community