13.6% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bororen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bororen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people provide unpaid help in Bororen, where 13.9% of residents give care to others. This community shows a strong commitment to home and family duties, though volunteering rates are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 22.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the state and national rates—a much higher 26.6% do 15 or more hours of housework a week compared to the rest of the country.
13.9% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.0% of people having served, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Bororen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30337/bororen/topic/community