14.6% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biboohra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biboohra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 3.5% of people in Biboohra have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and service, with rates of caregiving and housework well above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.6% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is lower than most areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.3% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. About 13.5% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national rates.
13.5% ▲ +62.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is 3.5%, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Biboohra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30244/biboohra/topic/community