11.2% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Booral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 5.7% of residents in Booral have served in the Defence Force. This level of military service is much higher than in most similar areas, though community volunteering is a little below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15% of residents providing this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 25.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 23.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% national average.
15.0% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
The 5.7% of the population who have served in the Defence Force is a little above the Queensland rate of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Booral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30329/booral/topic/community