12.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boondall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boondall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Boondall volunteer than in most similar areas. While 12.9% of residents give their time to volunteer work, this is lower than both the state and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework and those providing general unpaid care are both lower than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 higher proportion of people in Boondall have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Boondall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30324/boondall/topic/community