25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bon Accord · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bon Accord
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the people in Bon Accord volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. While volunteering is high, other forms of unpaid work like housework and childcare are much less frequent than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of residents here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 20.8% of people providing it, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, this is not driven by children or housework, as both are far below the state and national averages.
20.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Bon Accord [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30307/bon-accord/topic/community