14.0% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowenvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowenvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Bowenvale has remained steady over the last decade. While volunteering is at a typical level, nearly 19% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Bowenvale volunteer, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, with 18.9% of people providing care and 29.9% looking after children, both figures being well above the national average.
18.9% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.8% of the population having served, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Bowenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20309/bowenvale/topic/community