18.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boolboonda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boolboonda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more residents in Boolboonda provide unpaid care and support compared to the state and national figures. This community is marked by a high level of selflessness, with 22% of people providing unpaid care and 18% volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Boolboonda; 40% of people do at least 15 hours of housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This helps explain why the 22% of residents providing unpaid care is far above the national average of 11.9%.
22.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
A strong history of military service is evident in Boolboonda, where 7.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Boolboonda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30318/boolboonda/topic/community