35.6% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boompa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boompa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 35.6% of people in Boompa volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area. Residents are also more likely to have served in the military than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 35.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those caring for children unpaid (23.3%) and those providing general unpaid care (11.0%) are both lower than or about the same as most areas.
11.0% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Boompa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30320/boompa/topic/community