12.0% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Boambee Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Boambee Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people get involved in unpaid care and volunteering in North Boambee Valley compared to most similar areas. While 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, overall rates of community contribution are generally lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 12% of residents pitching in, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas; notably, the 21.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.1% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
The 3.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality 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 North Boambee Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12993/north-boambee-valley/topic/community