18.1% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Biloela · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Biloela
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27.1% of people in Biloela provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. The town shows a strong commitment to community support, with volunteer rates sitting well above both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While nearly 27.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 9.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. Meanwhile, 20.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure about the same as the national average.
9.5% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average, though it sits a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Biloela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30252/biloela/topic/community