11.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bohle Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bohle Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 20.7% of people in Bohle Plains have served in the Defence Force, which is far above the national figure. While many residents provide unpaid childcare, others are less likely to volunteer than people in similar areas. This creates a community profile marked by high levels of service and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid make up 37.1% of the population, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care are much less common here than in most areas, at just 9.2%.
9.2% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 served in the Defence Force is among the highest for this level of area, sitting far above the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
20.7%
Higher than 99% 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 Bohle Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30300/bohle-plains/topic/community