12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boodua · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boodua
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Boodua provide unpaid childcare, making it a standout figure for the area. While many residents are busy with family duties, other forms of community involvement and service are quite low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is 34.7%, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 6.9% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
6.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 Boodua 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 Boodua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30315/boodua/topic/community