14.8% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bokarina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bokarina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Bokarina than in most similar areas, with 32.5% of residents doing so. While this is a standout figure, other forms of community contribution like volunteering remain around the state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 32.5%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while the 10.8% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.8% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Bokarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30302/bokarina/topic/community