8.2% ▼ -73.0%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bakers Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bakers Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.2% of people volunteer in Bakers Creek, which is a small fraction of the local population. This represents a sharp decline in community involvement since 2011, when nearly a third of residents volunteered.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers is among the lowest for similar areas, falling 22 percentage points since 2011. At 8.2%, this is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 29.1% of people providing it, which is a little above the national figure. However, those spending 15 or more hours on housework (17.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (9.4%) are both much lower than in most areas.
9.4% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Very few people in Bakers Creek have served in the Defence Force. At 1.9%, this is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 87% 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 Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321007/bakers-creek/topic/community