24.5% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boreen Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boreen Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Boreen Point compared to most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of the community gives their time to help others, which is well above both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.2% of people providing care and 31% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. In contrast, the 12.7% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national average of 26.3%.
16.2% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.7% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Boreen Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30335/boreen-point/topic/community