11.9% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bohle Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bohle Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 35.4% of people in Bohle Plains provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care is a defining feature of the area, though unpaid volunteering has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 11.9% of residents helping out. This is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%, and the rate has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 35.4% of people providing care, well above the 26.3% national average. Housework of 15 hours or more is also more common than usual at 23.0%, while 11.3% of people provide other types of unpaid care.
11.3% ▲ +22.5%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 very high in Bohle Plains, where 15.4% of people have served. This is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia and the 3.9% figure for Queensland.
15.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Bohle Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021470/bohle-plains/topic/community