26.1% → 0.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bowenville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bowenville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering has defined Bowenville over the last decade. About 26.1% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of the population, 26.1%, volunteer their time, which is 12 percentage points higher than the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29% of people provide unpaid child care—a little above the national figure—those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than in most areas.
9.1% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bowenville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30344/bowenville/topic/community