10.9% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bloomsbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bloomsbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of former service members live in Bloomsbury, with 4.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. While the area has a strong history of service, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing care and 24.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the national figure. However, the 20.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
13.8% ▲ +42.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Bloomsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30289/bloomsbury/topic/community