20.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bollier · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bollier
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 20% of people in Bollier volunteer their time, marking a significant gap compared to the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, while also having a notably higher proportion of former Defence Force members than most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children are well below the national figure at just 20%. Meanwhile, 22.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.2% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 to the country is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.2% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Bollier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30303/bollier/topic/community