10.8% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booval · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Booval
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.8% of people in Booval volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This suggests a low level of community participation across the area, which extends to unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 10.8% of residents pitching in. This is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people in Booval provide unpaid care for children (20.1%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (19.1%) compared to most areas. However, 11.6% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.6% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas. About 3.9% of residents have served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30332/booval/topic/community