26.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boulia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boulia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define the community spirit in Boulia. About 26.1% of people here volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong quarter of the population volunteers, with 26.1% of residents giving their time. This is 12 percentage points higher than the rate seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer here at 14.3%. This is well below the 20.7% seen across the country.
10.2% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 2.1% of the population. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30340/boulia/topic/community