29.0% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bollon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bollon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have remained very high in Bollon, where nearly 3 in 10 people give their time to help others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is strong, the area has very few people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29% of people in Bollon are volunteers, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Queensland average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 27.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure. However, only 8.3% provide unpaid care, which is well below the state and national averages.
8.3% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
No one in Bollon has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Bollon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30304/bollon/topic/community