14.6% ▼ -54.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bloomfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bloomfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times as many people have served in the Defence Force in Bloomfield than the national average. This area shows a strong history of military service, though it has much lower rates of unpaid care for children and others compared to most Australian communities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer their time, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 15.7% of people caring for children—far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those providing general unpaid care sit at 9.6%, which is a little below the Australian average.
9.6% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.7% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is a standout feature here, with 5.6% of residents having served, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland average.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Bloomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30288/bloomfield/topic/community