11.2% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowen Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowen Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Bowen Hills provide unpaid care or volunteer compared to the state and national figures. Just 11.2% of residents volunteer, and the proportion of people caring for others is among the lowest for areas of this type.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 11.2% of people helping out, which is a little below the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon in this area, with only 8.2% of people caring for children and 5% providing general care. Similarly, only 8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, all of which are far below the state and national figures.
5.0% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.2% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.0% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, as 2.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Bowen Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30343/bowen-hills/topic/community