17.1% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boigu Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boigu Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid childcare than the national average defines Boigu Island, where 32.9% of people provide this support. Community spirit is also strong, with volunteering and defence service rates well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.9% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—only 2.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the 20.7% typical for Australia.
9.3% ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +53.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.9% ▼ -75.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 8.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national average.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Boigu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30301/boigu-island/topic/community