9.6% ▼ -67.8%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bauple Forest · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bauple Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Bauple Forest spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community has a strong link to the military, but it has seen a sharp drop in local volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of residents now volunteer, which is well below the Queensland figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and represents a drop of 20 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 6.3%, yet 15.3% of people provide other types of unpaid care. This is well above the Australian average, as is the 28.7% of people doing significant housework.
15.3% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.3% ▼ -68.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 7.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
7.5%
Higher than 94% 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 Bauple Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322010/bauple-forest/topic/community